Hi there,

 

I recently upgraded my Orange Pi 5 Plus to "Armbian 26.5.1" and noticed in the MOTD (on logins) that it is still showing version "26.2.1". I found differences in this 2 files, and the latter is the one used as reference for MOTD:

 

cat /etc/os-release:
PRETTY_NAME="Armbian 26.5.1 trixie"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="13"
VERSION="13 (trixie)"
VERSION_CODENAME=trixie
DEBIAN_VERSION_FULL=13.5
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.armbian.com"
SUPPORT_URL="https://forum.armbian.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://www.armbian.com/bugs"
ARMBIAN_PRETTY_NAME="Armbian 26.5.1 trixie" 

 

cat /etc/armbian-release:
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
BOARD=orangepi5-plus
BOARD_NAME="Orange Pi 5 Plus"
BOARDFAMILY=rockchip-rk3588
BUILD_REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/armbian/build
BUILD_REPOSITORY_COMMIT=77f919f6c
LINUXFAMILY=rockchip64
ARCH=arm64
BOOT_SOC=rk3588
IMAGE_TYPE=stable
BOARD_TYPE=conf
INITRD_ARCH=arm64
KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=Image
KERNEL_TARGET=current,edge,vendor
KERNEL_TEST_TARGET=vendor,current
FORCE_BOOTSCRIPT_UPDATE=
FORCE_UBOOT_UPDATE=
OVERLAY_DIR="/boot/dtb/rockchip/overlay"
VENDOR="Armbian"
VENDORCOLOR="247;16;0"
VENDORDOCS="https://docs.armbian.com"
VENDORURL="https://www.armbian.com"
VENDORSUPPORT="https://forum.armbian.com"
VENDORBUGS="https://www.armbian.com/bugs"
BOOTSCRIPT_FORCE_UPDATE="no"
BOOTSCRIPT_DST="boot.cmd"
VERSION=26.2.1
REVISION=26.2.1
BRANCH=edge
 

Can somebody explain why armbian-release doesn't get properly updated? I belive this is not the first time I see this, I recall seeing this behaviour from previuos upgrades too.

 

Thanks!

Same problem here. 

 

There are two other (older) threads without a real solution. Has anyone found a fix?

 

 

On 7/16/2026 at 12:33 PM, quaSimba said:

There are two other (older) threads without a real solution. Has anyone found a fix?

Its a purely cosmetic issue, but we will look into it when possible. Check if your kernel is upgraded - BSP package carries low important updates.