diff --git a/src/app/qgsversioninfo.cpp b/src/app/qgsversioninfo.cpp
index 2102a3e3daeb..ec60f1d19fc5 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsversioninfo.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgsversioninfo.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ QgsVersionInfo::QgsVersionInfo( QObject *parent )
 
 void QgsVersionInfo::checkVersion()
 {
-  QNetworkReply *reply = QgsNetworkAccessManager::instance()->get( QNetworkRequest( QUrl( QStringLiteral( "https://version.qgis.org/version.txt" ) ) ) );
+  QNetworkRequest request( QUrl( QStringLiteral( "https://version.qgis.org/version.txt" ) ) );
+  request.setAttribute( QNetworkRequest::CacheLoadControlAttribute, QNetworkRequest::AlwaysNetwork );
+  QNetworkReply *reply = QgsNetworkAccessManager::instance()->get( request );
   connect( reply, &QNetworkReply::finished, this, &QgsVersionInfo::versionReplyFinished );
 }