diff --git a/forge-gui-android/src/forge/app/Main.java b/forge-gui-android/src/forge/app/Main.java
index d805308106b..f1072ea2a7b 100644
--- a/forge-gui-android/src/forge/app/Main.java
+++ b/forge-gui-android/src/forge/app/Main.java
@@ -611,6 +611,11 @@ public class Main extends ForgeAndroidApplication {
             return Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS) + "/";
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public String getVersionString() {
+            return versionString;
+        }
+
         @Override
         public boolean openFile(String filename) {
             try {
diff --git a/forge-gui-ios/src/forge/ios/Main.java b/forge-gui-ios/src/forge/ios/Main.java
index a5baba4f96e..768a45494dc 100644
--- a/forge-gui-ios/src/forge/ios/Main.java
+++ b/forge-gui-ios/src/forge/ios/Main.java
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ public class Main extends IOSApplication.Delegate {
             return new IOSFiles().getExternalStoragePath();
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public String getVersionString() {
+            return "0.0";
+        }
+
         @Override
         public boolean openFile(final String filename) {
             return new IOSFiles().local(filename).exists();
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
index 8de8d460a0a..e4ba94db485 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package forge.app;
 
 import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
 import forge.interfaces.IDeviceAdapter;
+import forge.util.BuildInfo;
 import forge.util.FileUtil;
 import forge.util.JVMOptions;
 import forge.util.OperatingSystem;
@@ -65,6 +66,11 @@ public class Main {
             return System.getProperty("user.home") + "/Downloads/";
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public String getVersionString() {
+            return BuildInfo.getVersionString();
+        }
+
         @Override
         public boolean openFile(String filename) {
             try {
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/AssetsDownloader.java b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/AssetsDownloader.java
index 6663ae926ff..95682305b9a 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/AssetsDownloader.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/assets/AssetsDownloader.java
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ public class AssetsDownloader {
     public static void checkForUpdates(final SplashScreen splashScreen) {
         if (Gdx.app.getType() == ApplicationType.Desktop && SHARE_DESKTOP_ASSETS) { return; }
 
-        final boolean isSnapshots = Forge.CURRENT_VERSION.contains("SNAPSHOT");
+        final String versionString = Forge.getDeviceAdapter().getVersionString();
+        final boolean isSnapshots = versionString.contains("SNAPSHOT");
         final String snapsURL = "https://downloads.cardforge.org/dailysnapshots/";
         final String releaseURL = "https://releases.cardforge.org/forge/forge-gui-android/";
         final String versionText = isSnapshots ? snapsURL + "version.txt" : releaseURL + "version.txt";
@@ -45,11 +46,11 @@ public class AssetsDownloader {
                 String version = FileUtil.readFileToString(versionUrl);
                 String filename = "forge-android-" + version + "-signed-aligned.apk";
                 String apkURL = isSnapshots ? snapsURL + filename : releaseURL + version + "/" + filename;
-                if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(version) && !Forge.CURRENT_VERSION.equals(version)) {
+                if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(version) && !versionString.equals(version)) {
                     splashScreen.prepareForDialogs();
 
                     message = "A new version of Forge is available (" + version + ").\n" +
-                            "You are currently on an older version (" + Forge.CURRENT_VERSION + ").\n\n" +
+                            "You are currently on an older version (" + versionString + ").\n\n" +
                             "Would you like to update to the new version now?";
                     if (!Forge.getDeviceAdapter().isConnectedToWifi()) {
                         message += " If so, you may want to connect to wifi first. The download is around 12MB.";
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ public class AssetsDownloader {
                 return;
             }
         }
-        else if (Forge.CURRENT_VERSION.equals(FileUtil.readFileToString(versionFile)) && FSkin.getSkinDir() != null) {
+        else if (versionString.equals(FileUtil.readFileToString(versionFile)) && FSkin.getSkinDir() != null) {
             return; //if version matches what had been previously saved and FSkin isn't requesting assets download, no need to download assets
         }
 
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ public class AssetsDownloader {
 
         //allow deletion on Android 10 or if using app-specific directory
         boolean allowDeletion = Forge.androidVersion < 30 || GuiBase.isUsingAppDirectory();
-        String assetURL = isSnapshots ? snapsURL + "assets.zip" : releaseURL + Forge.CURRENT_VERSION + "/" + "assets.zip";
+        String assetURL = isSnapshots ? snapsURL + "assets.zip" : releaseURL + versionString + "/" + "assets.zip";
         new GuiDownloadZipService("", "resource files", assetURL,
             ForgeConstants.ASSETS_DIR, ForgeConstants.RES_DIR, splashScreen.getProgressBar(), allowDeletion).downloadAndUnzip();
 
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ public class AssetsDownloader {
 
         //save version string to file once assets finish downloading
         //so they don't need to be re-downloaded until you upgrade again
-        FileUtil.writeFile(versionFile, Forge.CURRENT_VERSION);
+        FileUtil.writeFile(versionFile, versionString);
 
         //add restart after assets update
         String msg  = allowDeletion ? "Resource update finished..." : "Forge misses some files for deletion.\nIf you encounter issues, try deleting the Forge/res folder and/or deleting Forge/cache/fonts folder and try to download and update the assets.";
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/interfaces/IDeviceAdapter.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/interfaces/IDeviceAdapter.java
index d53742838b7..bfa1da0b429 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/interfaces/IDeviceAdapter.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/interfaces/IDeviceAdapter.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ public interface IDeviceAdapter {
     boolean isConnectedToWifi();
     boolean isTablet();
     String getDownloadsDir();
+    String getVersionString();
     boolean openFile(String filename);
     void setLandscapeMode(boolean landscapeMode);
     void preventSystemSleep(boolean preventSleep);