diff --git a/lib/private/app.php b/lib/private/app.php
index 4814561baec0682b231e85f6cc0ff776e61677a8..c506be1799bbff551441104097c861cbe681223b 100644
--- a/lib/private/app.php
+++ b/lib/private/app.php
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ class OC_App {
 			\OC::$server->getConfig(),
 			\OC::$server->getLogger()
 		);
-		$appData = $ocsClient->getApplication($app);
-		$download= $ocsClient->getApplicationDownload($app);
+		$appData = $ocsClient->getApplication($app, \OC_Util::getVersion());
+		$download= $ocsClient->getApplicationDownload($app, \OC_Util::getVersion());
 		if(isset($download['downloadlink']) and $download['downloadlink']!='') {
 			// Replace spaces in download link without encoding entire URL
 			$download['downloadlink'] = str_replace(' ', '%20', $download['downloadlink']);
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ class OC_App {
 
 
 		if (is_null($category)) {
-			$categoryNames = $ocsClient->getCategories();
+			$categoryNames = $ocsClient->getCategories(\OC_Util::getVersion());
 			if (is_array($categoryNames)) {
 				// Check that categories of apps were retrieved correctly
 				if (!$categories = array_keys($categoryNames)) {
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ class OC_App {
 		}
 
 		$page = 0;
-		$remoteApps = $ocsClient->getApplications($categories, $page, $filter);
+		$remoteApps = $ocsClient->getApplications($categories, $page, $filter, \OC_Util::getVersion());
 		$apps = [];
 		$i = 0;
 		$l = \OC::$server->getL10N('core');
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ class OC_App {
 			$config,
 			\OC::$server->getLogger()
 		);
-		$appData = $ocsClient->getApplication($app);
+		$appData = $ocsClient->getApplication($app, \OC_Util::getVersion());
 
 		// check if app is a shipped app or not. OCS apps have an integer as id, shipped apps use a string
 		if (!is_numeric($app)) {
diff --git a/lib/private/installer.php b/lib/private/installer.php
index 41f13f0f5f9acc8ce1aab15eddefbb7033144c16..bd214be5667f1cad712f19114bcff606831b83fc 100644
--- a/lib/private/installer.php
+++ b/lib/private/installer.php
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ class OC_Installer{
 			\OC::$server->getConfig(),
 			\OC::$server->getLogger()
 		);
-		$appData = $ocsClient->getApplication($ocsId);
-		$download = $ocsClient->getApplicationDownload($ocsId);
+		$appData = $ocsClient->getApplication($ocsId, \OC_Util::getVersion());
+		$download = $ocsClient->getApplicationDownload($ocsId, \OC_Util::getVersion());
 
 		if (isset($download['downloadlink']) && trim($download['downloadlink']) !== '') {
 			$download['downloadlink'] = str_replace(' ', '%20', $download['downloadlink']);
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class OC_Installer{
 				\OC::$server->getConfig(),
 				\OC::$server->getLogger()
 			);
-			$ocsdata = $ocsClient->getApplication($ocsid);
+			$ocsdata = $ocsClient->getApplication($ocsid, \OC_Util::getVersion());
 			$ocsversion= (string) $ocsdata['version'];
 			$currentversion=OC_App::getAppVersion($app);
 			if (version_compare($ocsversion, $currentversion, '>')) {
diff --git a/lib/private/ocsclient.php b/lib/private/ocsclient.php
index 7b5be4ac504d35da2772abf33ec8ece60fe8cdc6..9fd3bb137330ab48a1d31652517a2b227ff4efcc 100644
--- a/lib/private/ocsclient.php
+++ b/lib/private/ocsclient.php
@@ -106,11 +106,12 @@ class OCSClient {
 	/**
 	 * Get all the categories from the OCS server
 	 *
+	 * @param array $targetVersion The target ownCloud version
 	 * @return array|null an array of category ids or null
 	 * @note returns NULL if config value appstoreenabled is set to false
 	 * This function returns a list of all the application categories on the OCS server
 	 */
-	public function getCategories() {
+	public function getCategories($targetVersion) {
 		if (!$this->isAppStoreEnabled()) {
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -121,6 +122,9 @@ class OCSClient {
 				$this->getAppStoreUrl() . '/content/categories',
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
+					'query' => [
+						'version' => implode('x', $targetVersion),
+					],
 				]
 			);
 		} catch(\Exception $e) {
@@ -155,9 +159,10 @@ class OCSClient {
 	 * @param array $categories
 	 * @param int $page
 	 * @param string $filter
+	 * @param array $targetVersion The target ownCloud version
 	 * @return array An array of application data
 	 */
-	public function getApplications(array $categories, $page, $filter) {
+	public function getApplications(array $categories, $page, $filter, $targetVersion) {
 		if (!$this->isAppStoreEnabled()) {
 			return [];
 		}
@@ -169,7 +174,7 @@ class OCSClient {
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
 					'query' => [
-						'version' => implode('x', \OC_Util::getVersion()),
+						'version' => implode('x', $targetVersion),
 						'filter' => $filter,
 						'categories' => implode('x', $categories),
 						'sortmode' => 'new',
@@ -229,11 +234,12 @@ class OCSClient {
 	 * Get an the applications from the OCS server
 	 *
 	 * @param string $id
+	 * @param array $targetVersion The target ownCloud version
 	 * @return array|null an array of application data or null
 	 *
 	 * This function returns an applications from the OCS server
 	 */
-	public function getApplication($id) {
+	public function getApplication($id, $targetVersion) {
 		if (!$this->isAppStoreEnabled()) {
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -244,6 +250,9 @@ class OCSClient {
 				$this->getAppStoreUrl() . '/content/data/' . urlencode($id),
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
+					'query' => [
+						'version' => implode('x', $targetVersion),
+					],
 				]
 			);
 		} catch(\Exception $e) {
@@ -291,10 +300,11 @@ class OCSClient {
 
 	/**
 	 * Get the download url for an application from the OCS server
-	 * @param $id
+	 * @param string $id
+	 * @param array $targetVersion The target ownCloud version
 	 * @return array|null an array of application data or null
 	 */
-	public function getApplicationDownload($id) {
+	public function getApplicationDownload($id, $targetVersion) {
 		if (!$this->isAppStoreEnabled()) {
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -305,6 +315,9 @@ class OCSClient {
 				$url,
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
+					'query' => [
+						'version' => implode('x', $targetVersion),
+					],
 				]
 			);
 		} catch(\Exception $e) {
diff --git a/settings/controller/appsettingscontroller.php b/settings/controller/appsettingscontroller.php
index 4afc442117abcc130bbc2267c6b2f7448cfa2bc8..f62ced23ff86bb97e6ff57ce7f5aec1df0e29772 100644
--- a/settings/controller/appsettingscontroller.php
+++ b/settings/controller/appsettingscontroller.php
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class AppSettingsController extends Controller {
 
 		if($this->ocsClient->isAppStoreEnabled()) {
 			// apps from external repo via OCS
-			$ocs = $this->ocsClient->getCategories();
+			$ocs = $this->ocsClient->getCategories(\OC_Util::getVersion());
 			if ($ocs) {
 				foreach($ocs as $k => $v) {
 					$categories[] = [
diff --git a/tests/lib/ocsclienttest.php b/tests/lib/ocsclienttest.php
index 1e9e551f34edff0cef77b4828a597e69988ef9c7..80102eb62ee8baf05f891384ec75f5a45718476f 100644
--- a/tests/lib/ocsclienttest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/ocsclienttest.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			->method('getSystemValue')
 			->with('appstoreenabled', true)
 			->will($this->returnValue(false));
-		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getCategories());
+		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getCategories([8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetCategoriesExceptionClient() {
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				'https://api.owncloud.com/v1/content/categories',
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
+					'query' => ['version' => '8x1x0x7'],
 				]
 			)
 			->will($this->throwException(new \Exception('TheErrorMessage')));
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				]
 			);
 
-		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getCategories());
+		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getCategories([8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetCategoriesParseError() {
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				'https://api.owncloud.com/v1/content/categories',
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
+					'query' => ['version' => '8x1x0x7'],
 				]
 			)
 			->will($this->returnValue($response));
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				]
 			);
 
-		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getCategories());
+		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getCategories([8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetCategoriesSuccessful() {
@@ -239,6 +241,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				'https://api.owncloud.com/v1/content/categories',
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
+					'query' => ['version' => '8x1x0x7'],
 				]
 			)
 			->will($this->returnValue($response));
@@ -256,7 +259,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			924 => 'ownCloud Tool',
 			925 => 'ownCloud other',
 		];
-		$this->assertSame($expected, $this->ocsClient->getCategories());
+		$this->assertSame($expected, $this->ocsClient->getCategories([8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetApplicationsDisabledAppStore() {
@@ -265,7 +268,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			->method('getSystemValue')
 			->with('appstoreenabled', true)
 			->will($this->returnValue(false));
-		$this->assertSame([], $this->ocsClient->getApplications([], 1, 'approved'));
+		$this->assertSame([], $this->ocsClient->getApplications([], 1, 'approved', [8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetApplicationsExceptionClient() {
@@ -289,7 +292,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
 					'query' => [
-						'version' => implode('x', \OC_Util::getVersion()),
+						'version' => implode('x', [8, 1, 0, 7]),
 						'filter' => 'approved',
 						'categories' => '815x1337',
 						'sortmode' => 'new',
@@ -316,7 +319,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				]
 			);
 
-		$this->assertSame([], $this->ocsClient->getApplications([815, 1337], 1, 'approved'));
+		$this->assertSame([], $this->ocsClient->getApplications([815, 1337], 1, 'approved', [8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetApplicationsParseError() {
@@ -346,7 +349,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
 					'query' => [
-						'version' => implode('x', \OC_Util::getVersion()),
+						'version' => implode('x', [8, 1, 0, 7]),
 						'filter' => 'approved',
 						'categories' => '815x1337',
 						'sortmode' => 'new',
@@ -373,7 +376,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				]
 			);
 
-		$this->assertSame([], $this->ocsClient->getApplications([815, 1337], 1, 'approved'));
+		$this->assertSame([], $this->ocsClient->getApplications([815, 1337], 1, 'approved', [8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetApplicationsSuccessful() {
@@ -482,7 +485,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
 					'query' => [
-						'version' => implode('x', \OC_Util::getVersion()),
+						'version' => implode('x', [8, 1, 0, 7]),
 						'filter' => 'approved',
 						'categories' => '815x1337',
 						'sortmode' => 'new',
@@ -539,7 +542,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				'profilepage' => 'http://opendesktop.org/usermanager/search.php?username=owncloud',
 			],
 		];
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->ocsClient->getApplications([815, 1337], 1, 'approved'));
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $this->ocsClient->getApplications([815, 1337], 1, 'approved', [8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function tesGetApplicationDisabledAppStore() {
@@ -548,7 +551,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			->method('getSystemValue')
 			->with('appstoreenabled', true)
 			->will($this->returnValue(false));
-		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getApplication('MyId'));
+		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getApplication('MyId', [8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetApplicationExceptionClient() {
@@ -571,6 +574,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				'https://api.owncloud.com/v1/content/data/MyId',
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
+					'query' => ['version' => '8x1x0x7'],
 				]
 			)
 			->will($this->throwException(new \Exception('TheErrorMessage')));
@@ -590,7 +594,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				]
 			);
 
-		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getApplication('MyId'));
+		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getApplication('MyId', [8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetApplicationParseError() {
@@ -619,6 +623,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				'https://api.owncloud.com/v1/content/data/MyId',
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
+					'query' => ['version' => '8x1x0x7'],
 				]
 			)
 			->will($this->returnValue($response));
@@ -638,7 +643,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				]
 			);
 
-		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getApplication('MyId'));
+		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getApplication('MyId', [8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetApplicationSuccessful() {
@@ -746,6 +751,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				'https://api.owncloud.com/v1/content/data/MyId',
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
+					'query' => ['version' => '8x1x0x7'],
 				]
 			)
 			->will($this->returnValue($response));
@@ -773,7 +779,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			'score' => 50,
 			'level' => 200,
 		];
-		$this->assertSame($expected, $this->ocsClient->getApplication('MyId'));
+		$this->assertSame($expected, $this->ocsClient->getApplication('MyId', [8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 	public function testGetApplicationEmptyXml() {
 		$this->config
@@ -809,6 +815,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				'https://api.owncloud.com/v1/content/data/MyId',
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
+					'query' => ['version' => '8x1x0x7'],
 				]
 			)
 			->will($this->returnValue($response));
@@ -818,7 +825,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			->method('newClient')
 			->will($this->returnValue($client));
 
-		$this->assertSame(null, $this->ocsClient->getApplication('MyId'));
+		$this->assertSame(null, $this->ocsClient->getApplication('MyId', [8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetApplicationDownloadDisabledAppStore() {
@@ -827,7 +834,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			->method('getSystemValue')
 			->with('appstoreenabled', true)
 			->will($this->returnValue(false));
-		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getApplicationDownload('MyId'));
+		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getApplicationDownload('MyId', [8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetApplicationDownloadExceptionClient() {
@@ -850,6 +857,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				'https://api.owncloud.com/v1/content/download/MyId/1',
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
+					'query' => ['version' => '8x1x0x7'],
 				]
 			)
 			->will($this->throwException(new \Exception('TheErrorMessage')));
@@ -869,7 +877,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				]
 			);
 
-		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getApplicationDownload('MyId'));
+		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getApplicationDownload('MyId', [8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetApplicationDownloadParseError() {
@@ -898,6 +906,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				'https://api.owncloud.com/v1/content/download/MyId/1',
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
+					'query' => ['version' => '8x1x0x7'],
 				]
 			)
 			->will($this->returnValue($response));
@@ -917,7 +926,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				]
 			);
 
-		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getApplicationDownload('MyId'));
+		$this->assertNull($this->ocsClient->getApplicationDownload('MyId', [8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetApplicationDownloadUrlSuccessful() {
@@ -964,6 +973,7 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				'https://api.owncloud.com/v1/content/download/MyId/1',
 				[
 					'timeout' => 5,
+					'query' => ['version' => '8x1x0x7'],
 				]
 			)
 			->will($this->returnValue($response));
@@ -976,6 +986,6 @@ class OCSClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$expected = [
 			'downloadlink' => 'https://apps.owncloud.com/CONTENT/content-files/166052-files_trashbin.zip',
 		];
-		$this->assertSame($expected, $this->ocsClient->getApplicationDownload('MyId'));
+		$this->assertSame($expected, $this->ocsClient->getApplicationDownload('MyId', [8, 1, 0, 7]));
 	}
 }