diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index 2a239d303..8c8cf9013 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -2845,8 +2845,7 @@
 			if ($version_data) {
 				$version_data = json_decode($version_data, true);
 				if ($version_data && $version_data['version']) {
-
-					if (version_compare(VERSION, $version_data['version']) == -1) {
+					if (version_compare(VERSION_STATIC, $version_data['version']) == -1) {
 						return $version_data;
 					}
 				}