diff --git a/resources/lib/version_check/service.py b/resources/lib/version_check/service.py
index a823d72..ce2636a 100644
--- a/resources/lib/version_check/service.py
+++ b/resources/lib/version_check/service.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     See LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt for more information.
 
 """
-
+import json
 import platform
 import sys
 
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@
 if not DISTRIBUTION:
     DISTRIBUTION = platform.uname()[0].lower()
 
+# webOS
+try:
+    with open('/var/run/nyx/os_info.json', 'r') as os_info_file:
+        json_info = json.load(os_info_file)
+        if 'webos_name' in json_info.keys():
+            DISTRIBUTION = 'webos'
+except IOError:
+    pass
+
 
 def _version_check():
     """ Check versions (non-linux)
@@ -156,7 +165,7 @@ def run():
         if wait_for_abort(5):
             sys.exit(0)
 
-        if (xbmc.getCondVisibility('System.Platform.Linux') and
+        if (DISTRIBUTION != 'webos' and xbmc.getCondVisibility('System.Platform.Linux') and
                 ADDON.getSetting('upgrade_apt') == 'true'):
             _version_check_linux(['kodi'])
         else:
diff --git a/resources/lib/version_check/shell_handler_apt.py b/resources/lib/version_check/shell_handler_apt.py
index 97dd0b0..64577b1 100644
--- a/resources/lib/version_check/shell_handler_apt.py
+++ b/resources/lib/version_check/shell_handler_apt.py
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@
 from .common import log
 from .handler import Handler
 
+
 try:
     from subprocess import check_output
 except ImportError:
-    check_output = None
+    def check_output(*args, **kwargs):
+        return
     log('ImportError: subprocess')
 
 
@@ -53,7 +55,12 @@ def _check_versions(self, package):
             return False, False
 
         try:
-            result = check_output([_cmd], shell=True).decode('utf-8').split('\n')
+            result = check_output([_cmd], shell=True)
+            try:
+                result = result.decode('utf-8')
+            except (AttributeError, UnicodeDecodeError):
+                pass
+            result = result.split('\n')
         except Exception as error:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             log('ShellHandlerApt: exception while executing shell command %s: %s' % (_cmd, error))
             return False, False
diff --git a/resources/versions.txt b/resources/versions.txt
index baa471c..bc73381 100644
--- a/resources/versions.txt
+++ b/resources/versions.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
     "releases": {
         "stable": [
+            {
+                "major": "20",
+                "minor": "5",
+                "tag": "stable",
+                "tagversion":"",
+                "revision": "20240303-4b95737efa",
+                "extrainfo": "final",
+                "addon_support": "yes"
+            },
             {
                 "major": "20",
                 "minor": "2",