diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/UpdateCommand.php b/app/Console/Commands/UpdateCommand.php
index 6a23e0fc..7d6a57a5 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/UpdateCommand.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/UpdateCommand.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Console\Commands;
 
 use App\Space\Updater;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
 
 // Implementation taken from Akaunting - https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting
 class UpdateCommand extends Command
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Console/UpdateCommandTest.php b/tests/Unit/Console/UpdateCommandTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a9f6669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Console/UpdateCommandTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Console\Commands\UpdateCommand;
+
+it('reads installed version from version file', function () {
+    $command = app(UpdateCommand::class);
+    $expectedVersion = preg_replace('~[\r\n]+~', '', file_get_contents(base_path('version.md')));
+
+    expect($command->getInstalledVersion())->toBe($expectedVersion);
+});
diff --git a/version.md b/version.md
index 68b83364..c043eea7 100644
--- a/version.md
+++ b/version.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.0-alpha2
+2.2.1