diff --git a/apps/updatenotification/lib/Notification/BackgroundJob.php b/apps/updatenotification/lib/Notification/BackgroundJob.php
index 70cde58bcb462ed6e7c7c0795cadc02dd6710f4c..29a7671de5c7a81304dc66c0057f364ef5c60ca9 100644
--- a/apps/updatenotification/lib/Notification/BackgroundJob.php
+++ b/apps/updatenotification/lib/Notification/BackgroundJob.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class BackgroundJob extends TimedJob {
 		$status = $updater->check();
 		if (isset($status['version'])) {
 			$url = $this->urlGenerator->linkToRouteAbsolute('settings_admin') . '#updater';
-			$this->createNotifications('core', $status['version'], $url);
+			$this->createNotifications('core', $status['version'], $url, $status['versionstring']);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -123,8 +123,9 @@ class BackgroundJob extends TimedJob {
 	 * @param string $app
 	 * @param string $version
 	 * @param string $url
+	 * @param string $visibleVersion
 	 */
-	protected function createNotifications($app, $version, $url) {
+	protected function createNotifications($app, $version, $url, $visibleVersion = '') {
 		$lastNotification = $this->config->getAppValue('updatenotification', $app, false);
 		if ($lastNotification === $version) {
 			// We already notified about this update
@@ -139,9 +140,14 @@ class BackgroundJob extends TimedJob {
 		$notification->setApp('updatenotification')
 			->setDateTime(new \DateTime())
 			->setObject($app, $version)
-			->setSubject('update_available')
 			->setLink($url);
 
+		if ($visibleVersion !== '') {
+			$notification->setSubject('update_available', ['version' => $visibleVersion]);
+		} else {
+			$notification->setSubject('update_available');
+		}
+
 		foreach ($this->getUsersToNotify() as $uid) {
 			$notification->setUser($uid);
 			$this->notificationManager->notify($notification);
diff --git a/apps/updatenotification/lib/Notification/Notifier.php b/apps/updatenotification/lib/Notification/Notifier.php
index 48ce31f7374fc8988a657ad4810d310da62980f3..3e1bc94425fec488b01362997194e55227b2ccab 100644
--- a/apps/updatenotification/lib/Notification/Notifier.php
+++ b/apps/updatenotification/lib/Notification/Notifier.php
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ class Notifier implements INotifier {
 
 		$l = $this->l10NFactory->get('updatenotification', $languageCode);
 		if ($notification->getObjectType() === 'core') {
-			$appName = $l->t('Nextcloud core');
-
 			$this->updateAlreadyInstalledCheck($notification, $this->getCoreVersions());
+
+			$parameters = $notification->getSubjectParameters();
+			$notification->setParsedSubject($l->t('Update to %1$s is available.', [$parameters['version']]));
 		} else {
 			$appInfo = $this->getAppInfo($notification->getObjectType());
 			$appName = ($appInfo === null) ? $notification->getObjectType() : $appInfo['name'];
@@ -76,9 +77,10 @@ class Notifier implements INotifier {
 			if (isset($this->appVersions[$notification->getObjectType()])) {
 				$this->updateAlreadyInstalledCheck($notification, $this->appVersions[$notification->getObjectType()]);
 			}
+
+			$notification->setParsedSubject($l->t('Update for %1$s to version %2$s is available.', [$appName, $notification->getObjectId()]));
 		}
 
-		$notification->setParsedSubject($l->t('Update for %1$s to version %2$s is available.', [$appName, $notification->getObjectId()]));
 		return $notification;
 	}
 
diff --git a/apps/updatenotification/tests/Notification/BackgroundJobTest.php b/apps/updatenotification/tests/Notification/BackgroundJobTest.php
index c3a4c28830d30332e37fea80f82946c687b96dcb..2bf700b4e9261fc6bbe75dcf8ee4a07697672af8 100644
--- a/apps/updatenotification/tests/Notification/BackgroundJobTest.php
+++ b/apps/updatenotification/tests/Notification/BackgroundJobTest.php
@@ -104,20 +104,23 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 
 	public function dataCheckCoreUpdate() {
 		return [
-			['daily', null, null],
-			['git', null, null],
-			['beta', false, null],
+			['daily', null, null, null],
+			['git', null, null, null],
+			['beta', false, null, null],
 			['beta', [
 				'version' => '9.2.0',
-			], '9.2.0'],
-			['stable', false, null],
+				'versionstring' => 'Nextcloud 11.0.0',
+			], '9.2.0', 'Nextcloud 11.0.0'],
+			['stable', false, null, null],
 			['stable', [
 				'version' => '9.2.0',
-			], '9.2.0'],
-			['production', false, null],
+				'versionstring' => 'Nextcloud 11.0.0',
+			], '9.2.0', 'Nextcloud 11.0.0'],
+			['production', false, null, null],
 			['production', [
 				'version' => '9.2.0',
-			], '9.2.0'],
+				'versionstring' => 'Nextcloud 11.0.0',
+			], '9.2.0', 'Nextcloud 11.0.0'],
 		];
 	}
 
@@ -127,8 +130,9 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 	 * @param string $channel
 	 * @param mixed $versionCheck
 	 * @param null|string $notification
+	 * @param null|string $readableVersion
 	 */
-	public function testCheckCoreUpdate($channel, $versionCheck, $notification) {
+	public function testCheckCoreUpdate($channel, $versionCheck, $notification, $readableVersion) {
 		$job = $this->getJob([
 			'getChannel',
 			'createVersionCheck',
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ class BackgroundJobTest extends TestCase {
 
 			$job->expects($this->once())
 				->method('createNotifications')
-				->willReturn('core', $notification, 'admin-url#updater');
+				->willReturn('core', $notification, 'admin-url#updater', $readableVersion);
 		}
 
 		$this->invokePrivate($job, 'checkCoreUpdate');