diff --git a/src/sysupdate/sysupdate.c b/src/sysupdate/sysupdate.c
index 9c469fbe856..76b6507f9a4 100644
--- a/src/sysupdate/sysupdate.c
+++ b/src/sysupdate/sysupdate.c
@@ -1202,7 +1202,9 @@ static int context_install(
         }
 
         (void) sd_notifyf(/* unset_environment=*/ false,
-                          "STATUS=Installing '%s'.", us->version);
+                          "READY=1\n"
+                          "X_SYSUPDATE_VERSION=%s\n"
+                          "STATUS=Installing '%s'.", us->version, us->version);
 
         for (size_t i = 0; i < c->n_transfers; i++) {
                 Instance *inst = us->instances[i];
diff --git a/test/units/TEST-72-SYSUPDATE.sh b/test/units/TEST-72-SYSUPDATE.sh
index b929485bd5b..27268c250b5 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-72-SYSUPDATE.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-72-SYSUPDATE.sh
@@ -373,7 +373,9 @@ EOF
     if $have_updatectl; then
         systemctl start systemd-sysupdated
         "$SYSUPDATE" --verify=no check-new
-        updatectl update
+        updatectl update |& tee "$WORKDIR"/updatectl-update-6
+        grep "Done" "$WORKDIR"/updatectl-update-6
+        (! grep "Already up-to-date" "$WORKDIR"/updatectl-update-6)
     else
         # If no updatectl, gracefully fall back to systemd-sysupdate
         update_now "$update_type"