diff --git a/thingsboard_gateway/gateway/tb_gateway_service.py b/thingsboard_gateway/gateway/tb_gateway_service.py
index 88c8ab35..5c5c5730 100644
--- a/thingsboard_gateway/gateway/tb_gateway_service.py
+++ b/thingsboard_gateway/gateway/tb_gateway_service.py
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ class TBGatewayService:
             "stats": self.__form_statistics,
             "devices": self.__rpc_devices,
             "update": self.__rpc_update,
+            "version": self.__rpc_version,
         }
         self.__sheduled_rpc_calls = []
         self.__self_rpc_sheduled_methods_functions = {
@@ -523,6 +524,17 @@ class TBGatewayService:
                       }
         return result
 
+    def __rpc_version(self, *args):
+        try:
+            result = {"resp": self.__updater.get_version(),
+                      "code": 200,
+                      }
+        except Exception as e:
+            result = {"error": str(e),
+                      "code": 500
+                      }
+        return result
+
     def rpc_with_reply_processing(self, topic, content):
         req_id = self.__rpc_requests_in_progress[topic][0]["data"]["id"]
         device = self.__rpc_requests_in_progress[topic][0]["device"]
diff --git a/thingsboard_gateway/gateway/tb_updater.py b/thingsboard_gateway/gateway/tb_updater.py
index cc9ef6f8..5824d3eb 100644
--- a/thingsboard_gateway/gateway/tb_updater.py
+++ b/thingsboard_gateway/gateway/tb_updater.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class TBUpdater(Thread):
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
         self.__version = {"current_version": get_distribution('thingsboard_gateway').version,
-                          "latest_version": None}
+                          "latest_version": get_distribution('thingsboard_gateway').version}
         self.__instance_id = str(uuid1())
         self.__platform = "deb"
         self.__os_version = platform()
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class TBUpdater(Thread):
         return request_args
 
     def update(self):
-        if self.__version["latest_version"] is not None:
+        if self.__version["latest_version"] != self.__version["current_version"]:
             result = TBUtility.install_package("thingsboard-gateway", self.__version["latest_version"])
         else:
             result = "Congratulations! You have the latest version."