diff --git a/app/client/start-https.sh b/app/client/start-https.sh
index 8301a1369cbe..aaf0ac80254d 100755
--- a/app/client/start-https.sh
+++ b/app/client/start-https.sh
@@ -86,13 +86,11 @@ if [[ ${backend-} == release ]]; then
   backend=https://release.app.appsmith.com
 fi
 
-if [[ ${backend-} == *.appsmith.com ]]; then
-  # If running client against release, we get the release's version and set it up, so we don't see version mismatches.
-  APPSMITH_VERSION_ID="$(
-    curl -sS "$backend/info" | grep -Eo '"version": ".+?"' | cut -d\" -f4
-  )"
-  export APPSMITH_VERSION_ID
-fi
+# Try to get a version from the "backend". If it's a full container, not just backend, then it'll give us a version.
+APPSMITH_VERSION_ID="$(
+  curl -sS "${backend/host.docker.internal/localhost}/info" | grep -Eo '"version": ".+?"' | cut -d\" -f4
+)"
+export APPSMITH_VERSION_ID
 
 if [[ -z ${run_as-} ]]; then
     if type nginx; then