diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/browser-e2e.yml b/.gitea/workflows/browser-e2e.yml
index b0c6b2b..9814948 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/browser-e2e.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/browser-e2e.yml
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ jobs:
           echo "Expected short version: $SHORT_VERSION"
           for i in $(seq 1 30); do
             # Suppress stderr and allow failures to handle transition/down periods cleanly
-            VERSION_BODY="$(curl -fsS "http://${DEPLOY_HOST}/taxbaik/version.txt" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+            VERSION_BODY="$(curl -fsS "http://${DEPLOY_HOST}/taxbaik/version.json" 2>/dev/null || true)"
             BLOG_STATUS="$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "http://${DEPLOY_HOST}/taxbaik/blog/accountant-mistakes-5" || true)"
-            if echo "$VERSION_BODY" | grep -q "Version: ${SHORT_VERSION}" && [ "$BLOG_STATUS" = "200" ]; then
+            if echo "$VERSION_BODY" | grep -q "\"version\": \"${SHORT_VERSION}\"" && [ "$BLOG_STATUS" = "200" ]; then
               echo "Deployment is ready for ${SHORT_VERSION}"
               exit 0
             fi
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 52fa3a9..ef14a96 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           COMMIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
           BUILD_TIME=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC')
           mkdir -p ./publish/wwwroot
-          printf 'Version: %s\nBuilt: %s\n' "$COMMIT_HASH" "$BUILD_TIME" > ./publish/wwwroot/version.txt
+          printf '{\n  "version": "%s",\n  "built": "%s"\n}\n' "$COMMIT_HASH" "$BUILD_TIME" > ./publish/wwwroot/version.json
           echo "✓ Build: $COMMIT_HASH @ $BUILD_TIME"
 
       - name: Setup SSH