diff --git a/src/freedombone-installer b/src/freedombone-installer
index ca1b9c5d58add3e401ba1ea8dd6c83a355b0243b..ccf7ccdde87e1abf107cf336b7fe076205d87702 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-installer
+++ b/src/freedombone-installer
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ function webadmin_update_version {
     local_hostname=$(grep 'host-name' /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf | awk -F '=' '{print $2}').local
     webadmin_install_dir="/var/www/${local_hostname}/htdocs/admin"
     if [ -f "$webadmin_install_dir/about.html" ]; then
+        VERSION=$(grep "VERSION=" "/usr/local/bin/${PROJECT_NAME}-vars" | grep -v DEBIAN | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
         sed -i "s|\"versiontext\".*|\"versiontext\">$VERSION</p>|g" "$webadmin_install_dir/about.html"
     fi
 }
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-webadmin b/src/freedombone-utils-webadmin
index 9460ffcb98631bbe02fd333e12fc274595844c46..08c5baba56e895d0838688ea2e399bdbcbd47002 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-webadmin
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-webadmin
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@ function webadmin_update_version {
     local_hostname=$(grep 'host-name' /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf | awk -F '=' '{print $2}').local
     webadmin_install_dir="/var/www/${local_hostname}/htdocs/admin"
     if [ -f "$webadmin_install_dir/about.html" ]; then
+        VERSION=$(grep "VERSION=" "/usr/local/bin/${PROJECT_NAME}-vars" | grep -v DEBIAN | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
         sed -i "s|\"versiontext\".*|\"versiontext\">$VERSION</p>|g" "$webadmin_install_dir/about.html"
     fi
 }