diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_version.yml b/.github/workflows/create_version.yml
index 3d9137f26e..72b3ec51c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create_version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create_version.yml
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sed -i "s/Current Version:.*/Current Version: 3.0.0.${{ steps.current_date.outputs.date }}.${{ steps.increment_counter.outputs.counter }} (This line will be automatically updated to reflect the latest version)/" README.md
 
-      - name: Update VersionController.java
-        run: echo "3.0.0.${{ steps.current_date.outputs.date }}.${{ steps.increment_counter.outputs.counter }}" > src/main/java/com/divudi/bean/common/VERSION.txt
-
       - name: Set Git user name and email
         run: |
           git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
@@ -62,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Stage changes
         run: |
-          git add VERSION.txt README.md src/main/java/com/divudi/bean/common/VERSION.txt .github/counter.txt .github/last_date.txt
+          git add VERSION.txt README.md .github/counter.txt .github/last_date.txt
 
       - name: Commit version and README update
         run: |
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/divudi/bean/common/VERSION.txt b/src/main/java/com/divudi/bean/common/VERSION.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 548d30fc0e..0000000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/divudi/bean/common/VERSION.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.0.0.20240410.6
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/divudi/bean/common/VersionController.java b/src/main/java/com/divudi/bean/common/VersionController.java
index 3c6cea1ffb..06d8418043 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/divudi/bean/common/VersionController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/divudi/bean/common/VersionController.java
@@ -30,22 +30,21 @@ public VersionController() {
      * Reads the first line of the text file and checks if it contains the system version.
      */
     public void readFirstLine() {
-        String filePath = "../".repeat(7) + fileName;
     try {
         // Read the first line from the file
-        String firstLine = Files.lines(Paths.get(filePath)).findFirst().orElse(null);
+        String firstLine = Files.lines(Paths.get(fileName)).findFirst().orElse(null);
         if (firstLine != null && !firstLine.isEmpty()) {
             // Set systemVersion to the content of the first line
             systemVersion = firstLine.trim();
         } else {
             // If the first line is empty or the file does not exist, set systemVersion to "0.0.0.0"
-            systemVersion = "0.0.0.0";
+            systemVersion = null;
         }
     } catch (IOException e) {
         // Handle IOException by printing the stack trace
         e.printStackTrace();
         // Set systemVersion to "0.0.0.0" if an IOException occurs
-        systemVersion = "0.0.0.0";
+        systemVersion = null;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/resources/template/template.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/resources/template/template.xhtml
index b310e8340a..df481c6a0e 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/resources/template/template.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/resources/template/template.xhtml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
                         <h5><h:outputLabel style="text-transform: uppercase" class="text-left" value="#{sessionController.loggedUser.department.name}"/></h5>
                         <h6 class="mx-2">|</h6>
                         <h6><h:outputLabel value="#{sessionController.loggedUser.name}"/></h6>
-                        <h6><h:outputLabel class="text-left" value="&emsp;V.#{versionController.systemVersion}"/></h6>
+                        <h6><h:outputLabel class="text-left" rendered="#{versionController.systemVersion ne null}" value="&emsp;V.#{versionController.systemVersion}"/></h6>
                     </div>
                 </div>