diff --git a/tasks/core/apps.yml b/tasks/core/apps.yml
index a05c6c9..5981e4c 100644
--- a/tasks/core/apps.yml
+++ b/tasks/core/apps.yml
@@ -41,23 +41,24 @@
 - name: Install external apps
   block:
     - name: Find full nextcloud version
-      command: ./occ -V
+      command: ./occ status  --output=json
       args:
         chdir: "{{ nextcloud_installation_dir }}"
       become: true
       become_user: "{{ nextcloud_file_owner }}"
-      register: nextcloud_full_version
+      register: _result
       changed_when: false
 
+    - name: Remove non-json text from command output
+      set_fact:
+        nextcloud_full_version:
+          "{{ (_result.stdout | from_json)['versionstring'] }}"
+
     - name: Create app json file url
       set_fact:
         nextcloud_app_store_json_url: >-
           https://apps.nextcloud.com/api/v1/platform/{{
-            nextcloud_full_version.stdout_lines[-1]
-            | regex_replace(
-                '.* ([0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]{1,2})$',
-                '\1'
-              )
+            nextcloud_full_version
           }}/apps.json
       changed_when: false