diff --git a/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/src/Model/UpdateModel.php b/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/src/Model/UpdateModel.php
index 5b2bc74f08d0a..b28ed81f2c716 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/src/Model/UpdateModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_joomlaupdate/src/Model/UpdateModel.php
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ private function checkCompatibility($updateFileUrl, $joomlaTargetVersion)
         $minimumStability = ComponentHelper::getParams('com_installer')->get('minimum_stability', Updater::STABILITY_STABLE);
 
         $update = new Update();
-        $update->set('jversion.full', $joomlaTargetVersion);
+        $update->setTargetVersion($joomlaTargetVersion);
         $update->loadFromXml($updateFileUrl, $minimumStability);
 
         $compatibleVersions = $update->get('compatibleVersions');
diff --git a/libraries/src/Updater/Update.php b/libraries/src/Updater/Update.php
index ed4e42bddbeff..2efd6a0662e7e 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Updater/Update.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Updater/Update.php
@@ -256,11 +256,21 @@ class Update
     protected $stability;
     protected $supported_databases;
     protected $php_minimum;
+    protected $folder;
+    protected $changelogurl;
     public $sha256;
     public $sha384;
     public $sha512;
     protected $section;
 
+    /**
+     * Joomla! target version used by the pre-update check
+     *
+     * @var    string
+     * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     */
+    private $targetVersion;
+
     /**
      * Gets the reference to the current direct parent
      *
@@ -372,7 +382,7 @@ public function _endElement($parser, $name)
                 if (
                     isset($this->currentUpdate->targetplatform->name)
                     && $product == $this->currentUpdate->targetplatform->name
-                    && preg_match('/^' . $this->currentUpdate->targetplatform->version . '/', $this->get('jversion.full', JVERSION))
+                    && preg_match('/^' . $this->currentUpdate->targetplatform->version . '/', $this->getTargetVersion())
                 ) {
                     // Collect information on updates which do not meet PHP and DB version requirements
                     $otherUpdateInfo          = new \stdClass();
@@ -690,4 +700,34 @@ protected function stabilityTagToInteger($tag)
 
         return Updater::STABILITY_STABLE;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Set extension's Joomla! target version
+     *
+     * @param   string  $version  The target version
+     *
+     * @return  void
+     *
+     * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     */
+    public function setTargetVersion($version)
+    {
+        $this->targetVersion = $version;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get extension's Joomla! target version
+     *
+     * @return  string
+     *
+     * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     */
+    public function getTargetVersion()
+    {
+        if (!$this->targetVersion) {
+            return JVERSION;
+        }
+
+        return $this->targetVersion;
+    }
 }