diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d79f2ba4..036e7b32f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog Fab-manager
 
+## Next release
+- Prevent showing error message when testing for old versions during upgrade
+
 ## v4.7.5 2021 March 08
 - Fix a bug: unable to compile the assets during the upgrade, if the env file has some whitespaces around the equal sign
 
diff --git a/setup/upgrade.sh b/setup/upgrade.sh
index 4a99e2cef..ea8e8914f 100644
--- a/setup/upgrade.sh
+++ b/setup/upgrade.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ version_error()
 
 version_check()
 {
-  VERSION=$(docker-compose exec -T "$SERVICE" cat .fabmanager-version)
+  VERSION=$(docker-compose exec -T "$SERVICE" cat .fabmanager-version 2>/dev/null)
   if [[ $? = 1 ]]; then
     VERSION=$(docker-compose exec -T "$SERVICE" cat package.json | jq -r '.version')
   fi