diff --git a/src/octoprint/plugins/pluginmanager/__init__.py b/src/octoprint/plugins/pluginmanager/__init__.py
index 927403fe..e9ff3576 100644
--- a/src/octoprint/plugins/pluginmanager/__init__.py
+++ b/src/octoprint/plugins/pluginmanager/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import octoprint.plugin.core
 
 from octoprint.settings import valid_boolean_trues
 from octoprint.server.util.flask import restricted_access
-from octoprint.server import admin_permission
+from octoprint.server import admin_permission, VERSION
 from octoprint.util.pip import PipCaller, UnknownPip
 
 from flask import jsonify, make_response
@@ -633,8 +633,7 @@ class PluginManagerPlugin(octoprint.plugin.SimpleApiPlugin,
 			return "unknown"
 
 	def _get_octoprint_version_string(self):
-		from octoprint._version import get_versions
-		return get_versions()["version"]
+		return VERSION
 
 	def _get_octoprint_version(self, base=False):
 		octoprint_version_string = self._get_octoprint_version_string()
diff --git a/src/octoprint/plugins/softwareupdate/__init__.py b/src/octoprint/plugins/softwareupdate/__init__.py
index 055f1045..06cc614d 100644
--- a/src/octoprint/plugins/softwareupdate/__init__.py
+++ b/src/octoprint/plugins/softwareupdate/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from . import version_checks, updaters, exceptions, util, cli
 
 
 from octoprint.server.util.flask import restricted_access
-from octoprint.server import admin_permission
+from octoprint.server import admin_permission, VERSION
 from octoprint.util import dict_merge
 import octoprint.settings
 
@@ -446,8 +446,6 @@ class SoftwareUpdatePlugin(octoprint.plugin.BlueprintPlugin,
 			update_available = update_available or target_update_available
 			update_possible = update_possible or (target_update_possible and target_update_available)
 
-			from octoprint._version import get_versions
-			octoprint_version = get_versions()["version"]
 			local_name = target_information["local"]["name"]
 			local_value = target_information["local"]["value"]
 
@@ -459,7 +457,7 @@ class SoftwareUpdatePlugin(octoprint.plugin.BlueprintPlugin,
 					release_notes = target_information["remote"]["release_notes"]
 
 				if release_notes:
-					release_notes = release_notes.format(octoprint_version=octoprint_version,
+					release_notes = release_notes.format(octoprint_version=VERSION,
 					                                     target_name=target_information["remote"]["name"],
 					                                     target_version=target_information["remote"]["value"])
 
@@ -467,7 +465,7 @@ class SoftwareUpdatePlugin(octoprint.plugin.BlueprintPlugin,
 			                           updatePossible=target_update_possible,
 			                           information=target_information,
 			                           displayName=populated_check["displayName"],
-			                           displayVersion=populated_check["displayVersion"].format(octoprint_version=octoprint_version, local_name=local_name, local_value=local_value),
+			                           displayVersion=populated_check["displayVersion"].format(octoprint_version=VERSION, local_name=local_name, local_value=local_value),
 			                           check=populated_check,
 			                           releaseNotes=release_notes)
 
@@ -717,12 +715,12 @@ class SoftwareUpdatePlugin(octoprint.plugin.BlueprintPlugin,
 			result["displayName"] = check.get("displayName", gettext("OctoPrint"))
 			result["displayVersion"] = check.get("displayVersion", "{octoprint_version}")
 
-			from octoprint._version import get_versions
-			versions = get_versions()
 			if check["type"] == "github_commit":
+				from octoprint._version import get_versions
+				versions = get_versions()
 				result["current"] = versions.get("full-revisionid", versions.get("full", "unknown"))
 			else:
-				result["current"] = versions["version"]
+				result["current"] = VERSION
 		else:
 			result["displayName"] = check.get("displayName", target)
 			result["displayVersion"] = check.get("displayVersion", check.get("current", "unknown"))