WebUI Reporting "Update Available" Even Though It is Up-To-Date

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The issue I am facing:
Pihole web interface is stating "Update Available" even though everything is up-to-date.

pi@pihole:/etc/pihole $ pihole -up
[i] Checking for updates...
[i] Pi-hole Core: up to date
[i] Web Interface: up to date
[i] FTL: up to date

[✓] Everything is up to date!

pi@pihole:~ $ pihole -v
Pi-hole version is v5.1.2 (Latest: v5.1.2)
AdminLTE version is v5.1-5-gbbce2eb8 (Latest: v5.1.1)
FTL version is v5.2 (Latest: v5.2)
pi@pihole:~ $

Now when I first ran 'pihole -up' the Web Interface did not update. I found a thread and did the following:

cd /var/www/html/admin
git status

cd /var/www/html/admin
sudo git pull
pihole -up

That updated the files, but the web ui is not picking up the new version. I am guessing there is a file this reads from that needs to be updated?

Details about my system:
Raspberry Pi

pi@pihole:~ $ uname -r
5.4.51-v7l+

What I have changed since installing Pi-hole:
It's a vanilla install other than adding in the speedtest module.

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That's the reason the update doesn't work properly.
Remove the model, then the update will work.

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The current versions are:

** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Core version
[i] Core: v5.1.2 (https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-update-pi-hole/249)
[i] Remotes: origin     https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole.git (fetch)
             origin     https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole.git (push)
[i] Branch: master
[i] Commit: v5.1.2-0-g6b536b74

*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Web version
[i] Web: v5.1.1 (https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-update-pi-hole/249)
[i] Remotes: origin     https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE.git (fetch)
             origin     https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE.git (push)
[i] Branch: master
[i] Commit: v5.1.1-0-ga03d1bdd

*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: FTL version
[✓] FTL: v5.2
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How do I get my web version to v5.1.1 manually without using pihole -up?

pi@pihole:/var/www/html/admin $ pihole -up
[i] Checking for updates...
[i] Pi-hole Core: up to date
[i] Web Interface: up to date
[i] FTL: up to date

[✓] Everything is up to date!

Do I need to remove the speedtest module any time there's an update?

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Yes. The speedtest is not officially supported, so it can and will break the update.

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Thank you for the responses btw! I am new'ish to this. Is there no way to manually update everything and work around the extra module? Didn't this update the necessary files?

cd /var/www/html/admin
sudo git pull
pihole -up

I am just not sure where the pihole -v is pulling its version info, 'cause now when I run pihole -up it correctly sees the repo as being updated. I am guessing pihole -v is just reading a file that has not been updated?

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Even if you would technically succeed in pulling some updates:
The result is still not guaranteed to produce a working Pi-hole installaton, due to third-party software that has replaced and mixed in parts of it.

Please contact the maintainer of your speedtest module for instructions on how to get Pi-hole operational again after updates.

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Thanks - I reached out via git and he updated the AdminLTE - all is good now. I'll just wait on his update prior to update pihole. Thank you all for the replies!

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