diff --git a/mikrotikbackup_clean.yml b/mikrotikbackup_clean.yml
index 9c8bb02..e121c7c 100644
--- a/mikrotikbackup_clean.yml
+++ b/mikrotikbackup_clean.yml
@@ -65,28 +65,41 @@
       register: update_check
       tags: [upgrade, never]
 
-    # 👉 FIX: separate normalization step
     - name: Normalize update output
       set_fact:
-        _update_text: "{{ update_check.stdout[0] | replace('\r','') }}"
+        _update_text: "{{ update_check.stdout[0] | replace('\r', '') }}"
+      tags: [upgrade, never]
+
+    # ⬇️  Add this to see exactly what RouterOS returns before parsing
+    - name: Debug raw update output
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "{{ _update_text }}"
       tags: [upgrade, never]
 
     - name: Parse installed and latest versions
       set_fact:
         installed_version: >-
           {{
-            (_update_text | regex_findall('installed-version:\\s*([0-9A-Za-z.]+)'))[0]
-            if (_update_text | regex_findall('installed-version:\\s*([0-9A-Za-z.]+)'))
+            (_update_text | regex_findall('(?:installed|current)-version:[ ]*([0-9A-Za-z.]+)'))[0]
+            if (_update_text | regex_findall('(?:installed|current)-version:[ ]*([0-9A-Za-z.]+)'))
             else 'unknown'
           }}
         latest_version: >-
           {{
-            (_update_text | regex_findall('latest-version:\\s*([0-9A-Za-z.]+)'))[0]
-            if (_update_text | regex_findall('latest-version:\\s*([0-9A-Za-z.]+)'))
+            (_update_text | regex_findall('(?:latest|newest)-version:[ ]*([0-9A-Za-z.]+)'))[0]
+            if (_update_text | regex_findall('(?:latest|newest)-version:[ ]*([0-9A-Za-z.]+)'))
             else 'unknown'
           }}
       tags: [upgrade, never]
 
+    - name: Fail if versions could not be parsed
+      ansible.builtin.fail:
+        msg: >
+          Could not parse versions from update output.
+          Raw text was: {{ _update_text }}
+      when: installed_version == 'unknown' or latest_version == 'unknown'
+      tags: [upgrade, never]
+
     - name: Debug parsed versions
       ansible.builtin.debug:
         msg: