diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/CheckUpdates.php b/app/Console/Commands/CheckUpdates.php
index 8e54350..1c3c0df 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/CheckUpdates.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/CheckUpdates.php
@@ -77,13 +77,7 @@ class CheckUpdates extends Command
 
     private function readInstalledVersionNorm(): ?string
     {
-        // Lokal: git describe gibt immer den aktuellen Stand
-        if (app()->isLocal()) {
-            $tag = @trim((string) shell_exec('git -C ' . escapeshellarg(base_path()) . ' describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null'));
-            $v = $this->normalizeVersion($tag);
-            if ($v) return $v;
-        }
-
+        // Version-Datei ist autoritativ — immer zuerst prüfen
         $paths = [
             '/var/lib/mailwolt/version',
             base_path('VERSION'),
@@ -93,7 +87,11 @@ class CheckUpdates extends Command
             if ($raw !== '') return $this->normalizeVersion($raw);
         }
         $raw = $this->readInstalledVersionRaw();
-        return $raw ? $this->normalizeVersion($raw) : null;
+        if ($raw) return $this->normalizeVersion($raw);
+
+        // Nur wenn keine Version-Datei existiert (z.B. frische Dev-Umgebung)
+        $tag = @trim((string) shell_exec('git -C ' . escapeshellarg(base_path()) . ' describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null'));
+        return $this->normalizeVersion($tag);
     }
 
     private function readInstalledVersionRaw(): ?string