diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GeneralController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GeneralController.php
index fc89b409..2fd7331e 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GeneralController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GeneralController.php
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 
 namespace CachetHQ\Cachet\Http\Controllers\Api;
 
+use CachetHQ\Cachet\Integrations\Releases;
+
+/**
+ * This is the general api controller.
+ *
+ * @author James Brooks <james@bluebaytravel.co.uk>
+ */
 class GeneralController extends AbstractApiController
 {
     /**
@@ -30,6 +37,11 @@ class GeneralController extends AbstractApiController
      */
     public function version()
     {
-        return $this->item(CACHET_VERSION);
+        $latest = app(Releases::class)->latest();
+
+        return $this->setMetaData([
+            'on_latest' => version_compare(CACHET_VERSION, $latest['tag_name']) === 1,
+            'latest'    => $latest,
+        ])->item(CACHET_VERSION);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Dashboard/ApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Dashboard/ApiController.php
index 8cea8f8a..16ac2610 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Dashboard/ApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Dashboard/ApiController.php
@@ -91,20 +91,4 @@ class ApiController extends Controller
 
         throw new ModelNotFoundException("Incident template for $templateSlug could not be found.");
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if Cachet is up to date.
-     *
-     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
-     */
-    public function checkVersion()
-    {
-        $latest = app(Releases::class)->latest();
-
-        return Response::json([
-            'cachet_version' => CACHET_VERSION,
-            'latest_version' => $latest,
-            'is_latest'      => version_compare(CACHET_VERSION, $latest) === 1,
-        ]);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Routes/DashboardRoutes.php b/app/Http/Routes/DashboardRoutes.php
index 293d27cc..e091e37a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Routes/DashboardRoutes.php
+++ b/app/Http/Routes/DashboardRoutes.php
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ class DashboardRoutes
                 $router->post('components/groups/order', 'ApiController@postUpdateComponentGroupOrder');
                 $router->post('components/order', 'ApiController@postUpdateComponentOrder');
                 $router->post('components/{component}', 'ApiController@postUpdateComponent');
-                $router->get('system/version', 'ApiController@checkVersion');
             });
         });
     }
diff --git a/app/Integrations/Releases.php b/app/Integrations/Releases.php
index 65cb67b7..bbb3bf9d 100644
--- a/app/Integrations/Releases.php
+++ b/app/Integrations/Releases.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class Releases
      */
     public function latest()
     {
-        $release = $this->cache->remember('version', 720, function () {
+        $release = $this->cache->remember('release.latest', 720, function () {
             $headers = ['Accept' => 'application/vnd.github.v3+json', 'User-Agent' => defined('CACHET_VERSION') ? 'cachet/'.constant('CACHET_VERSION') : 'cachet'];
 
             if ($this->token) {
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ class Releases
             ])->getBody(), true);
         });
 
-        return $release['tag_name'];
+        return [
+            'tag_name' => $release['tag_name'],
+            'prelease' => $release['prerelease'],
+            'draft'    => $release['draft'],
+        ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/resources/assets/js/app.js b/resources/assets/js/app.js
index c82a55c2..bc890c5a 100755
--- a/resources/assets/js/app.js
+++ b/resources/assets/js/app.js
@@ -370,9 +370,9 @@ $(function() {
         $.ajax({
             async: true,
             dataType: 'json',
-            url: '/dashboard/api/system/version',
+            url: '/api/v1/version',
         }).done(function (result) {
-            if (result.is_latest == false) {
+            if (result.meta.on_latest === false) {
                 $('#update-alert').removeClass('hidden');
             }
         });