diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/app/Updates.vue b/dashboard/src/components/app/Updates.vue
index b91ec443a..90cd6145c 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/app/Updates.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/app/Updates.vue
@@ -37,21 +37,16 @@ async function onAutoUpdatesEnabledChange(value) {
 }
 
 async function refreshUpdates() {
-  const [error, result] = await updaterModel.info();
+  const [error, result] = await updaterModel.checkAppUpdate(props.app.id);
   if (error) return console.error(error);
 
-  const appUpdate = result[props.app.id] || null;
-  if (!appUpdate) update.value = null;
-  else if (!appUpdate.manifest) update.value = null;
-  else if (!appUpdate.manifest.version) update.value = null;
-  else if (appUpdate.manifest.version === props.app.manifest.version) update.value = null;
-  else update.value = appUpdate;
+  update.value = result;
 }
 
 async function onCheck() {
   busyCheck.value = true;
 
-  const [error] = await appsModel.checkForUpdates(props.app.id);
+  const [error] = await appsModel.checkUpdate(props.app.id);
   if (error) return console.error(error);
 
   await refreshUpdates();
@@ -74,7 +69,7 @@ async function onUpdate() {
 
   dialog.value.close();
 
-  [error] = await appsModel.checkForUpdates(props.app.id);
+  [error] = await appsModel.checkUpdate(props.app.id);
   if (error) return console.error(error);
 }
 
@@ -91,7 +86,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   busyUpdate.value = false;
   busyCheck.value = false;
   autoUpdatesEnabled.value = props.app.enableAutomaticUpdate;
-  await refreshUpdates();
+  update.value = props.app.updateInfo;
 
   const [error, result] = await profileModel.get();
   if (error) return console.error(error);
diff --git a/dashboard/src/models/AppsModel.js b/dashboard/src/models/AppsModel.js
index 0ab63ad64..c7a579257 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/models/AppsModel.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/models/AppsModel.js
@@ -324,10 +324,10 @@ function create() {
       if (result.status !== 200) return [result];
       return [null, result.body.eventlogs];
     },
-    async checkForUpdates(id) {
+    async checkUpdate(id) {
       let result;
       try {
-        result = await fetcher.post(`${API_ORIGIN}/api/v1/apps/${id}/check_for_updates`, {}, { access_token: accessToken });
+        result = await fetcher.post(`${API_ORIGIN}/api/v1/apps/${id}/check_update`, {}, { access_token: accessToken });
       } catch (e) {
         return [e];
       }
diff --git a/dashboard/src/models/UpdaterModel.js b/dashboard/src/models/UpdaterModel.js
index b7cf781a9..94d20fa98 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/models/UpdaterModel.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/models/UpdaterModel.js
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ function create() {
       if (error || result.status !== 200) return [error || result];
       return [null];
     },
+    async checkAppUpdate(id) {
+      let error, result;
+      try {
+        result = await fetcher.post(`${API_ORIGIN}/api/v1/apps/${id}/check_update`, {}, { access_token: accessToken });
+      } catch (e) {
+        error = e;
+      }
+
+      if (error || result.status !== 200) return [error || result];
+      return [null];
+    },
+
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/AppsView.vue b/dashboard/src/views/AppsView.vue
index 213c6157d..e87b14372 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/AppsView.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/AppsView.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import AppsModel from '../models/AppsModel.js';
 import ApplinksModel from '../models/ApplinksModel.js';
 import DomainsModel from '../models/DomainsModel.js';
 import ProfileModel from '../models/ProfileModel.js';
-import UpdaterModel from '../models/UpdaterModel.js';
 import ApplinkDialog from '../components/ApplinkDialog.vue';
 import PostInstallDialog from '../components/PostInstallDialog.vue';
 
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ const appsModel = AppsModel.create();
 const domainsModel = DomainsModel.create();
 const applinksModel = ApplinksModel.create();
 const profileModel = ProfileModel.create();
-const updaterModel = UpdaterModel.create();
 
 const VIEW_TYPE = {
   LIST: 'list',
@@ -115,14 +113,12 @@ const filteredApps = computed(() => {
 
     if (stateFilter.value === 'running') return a.runState === RSTATES.RUNNING && a.health === HSTATES.HEALTHY && a.installationState === ISTATES.INSTALLED;
     if (stateFilter.value === 'stopped') return a.runState === RSTATES.STOPPED;
-    if (stateFilter.value === 'update_available') return a.updateAvailable;
+    if (stateFilter.value === 'update_available') return a.updateInfo;
 
     return a.runState === RSTATES.RUNNING && (a.health !== HSTATES.HEALTHY || a.installationState !== ISTATES.INSTALLED); // not responding
   });
 });
 
-const updateInfo = ref({});
-
 const applinkDialog = useTemplateRef('applinkDialog');
 const postInstallDialog = useTemplateRef('postInstallDialog');
 
@@ -170,11 +166,6 @@ async function refreshApps() {
   const [error, result] = await appsModel.list();
   if (error) return console.error(error);
 
-  // amend update info
-  result.forEach((a) => {
-    a.updateAvailable = !!(updateInfo.value[a.id] && updateInfo.value[a.id].manifest.version && updateInfo.value[a.id].manifest.version !== a.manifest.version);
-  });
-
   const [applinkError, applinks] = await applinksModel.list();
   if (applinkError) return console.error(applinkError);
 
@@ -205,12 +196,7 @@ function toggleView() {
 }
 
 onMounted(async () => {
-  let [error, result] = await updaterModel.info();
-  if (error) return console.error(error);
-
-  updateInfo.value = result;
-
-  [error, result] = await profileModel.get();
+  let [error, result] = await profileModel.get();
   if (error) return console.error(error);
 
   profile.value = result;
@@ -264,7 +250,7 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
           </div>
           <a class="config" v-show="isOperator(app)" @click="openAppEdit(app, $event)" :href="`#/app/${app.id}/info`" :title="$t('app.configureTooltip')"><Icon icon="fa-solid fa-cog" /></a>
           <div class="grid-item-indictors">
-            <a class="grid-item-update-indicator" v-if="app.updateAvailable" @click.stop :href="isOperator(app) ? `#/app/${app.id}/updates` : null" v-tooltip="$t('app.updateAvailableTooltip')"><i class="fa-fw fa-solid fa-arrow-up"/></a>
+            <a class="grid-item-update-indicator" v-if="app.updateInfo" @click.stop :href="isOperator(app) ? `#/app/${app.id}/updates` : null" v-tooltip="$t('app.updateAvailableTooltip')"><i class="fa-fw fa-solid fa-arrow-up"/></a>
             <a class="grid-item-checklist-indicator" v-if="AppsModel.pendingChecklistItems(app)" @click.stop :href="isOperator(app) ? `#/app/${app.id}/info` : null"><Icon icon="fa-solid fa-triangle-exclamation"/></a>
         </div>
         </a>
@@ -311,7 +297,7 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
           </template>
           <template #actions="app">
             <div class="table-actions">
-              <Button small success tool v-if="app.updateAvailable" :href="`#/app/${app.id}/updates`" v-tooltip="$t('app.updateAvailableTooltip')" icon="fa-fw fa-solid fa-arrow-up"></Button>
+              <Button small success tool v-if="app.updateInfo" :href="`#/app/${app.id}/updates`" v-tooltip="$t('app.updateAvailableTooltip')" icon="fa-fw fa-solid fa-arrow-up"></Button>
 
               <ButtonGroup>
                 <Button small secondary tool v-if="app.type !== APP_TYPES.LINK" :href="'/logs.html?appId=' + app.id" target="_blank" v-tooltip="$t('app.logsActionTooltip')" icon="fa-fw fa-solid fa-align-left"></Button>
diff --git a/src/routes/apps.js b/src/routes/apps.js
index c6622f273..64aad15cc 100644
--- a/src/routes/apps.js
+++ b/src/routes/apps.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     startExecWebSocket,
     getExec,
 
-    checkForUpdates,
+    checkUpdate,
 
     clone,
 
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ async function listEventlog(req, res, next) {
     next(new HttpSuccess(200, { eventlogs }));
 }
 
-async function checkForUpdates(req, res, next) {
+async function checkUpdate(req, res, next) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof req.resources.app, 'object');
 
     if (!req.resources.app.appStoreId) return next(new HttpError(400, 'Custom apps have no updates'));
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 43eedc83b..5c95e90b0 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ async function initializeExpressSync() {
     router.post('/api/v1/apps/:id/configure/crontab',            json, token, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.apps.setCrontab);
     router.post('/api/v1/apps/:id/configure/upstream_uri',       json, token, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.apps.setUpstreamUri);
     router.post('/api/v1/apps/:id/repair',                       json, token, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.apps.repair);
-    router.post('/api/v1/apps/:id/check_for_updates',            json, token, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.apps.checkForUpdates);
+    router.post('/api/v1/apps/:id/check_update',                 json, token, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.apps.checkUpdate);
     router.post('/api/v1/apps/:id/update',                       json, token, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.apps.update);
     router.post('/api/v1/apps/:id/restore',                      json, token, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.apps.restore);
     router.post('/api/v1/apps/:id/import',                       json, token, routes.apps.load, authorizeOperator, routes.apps.importApp);