diff --git a/app/frontend_management.py b/app/frontend_management.py
index 8495b46c1..8d5aa20f3 100644
--- a/app/frontend_management.py
+++ b/app/frontend_management.py
@@ -29,38 +29,22 @@ def frontend_install_warning_message():
 This error is happening because the ComfyUI frontend is no longer shipped as part of the main repo but as a pip package instead.
 """.strip()
 
-def is_valid_version(version: str) -> bool:
-    """Validate if a string is a valid semantic version (X.Y.Z format)."""
-    pattern = r"^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$"
-    return bool(re.match(pattern, version))
+def parse_version(version: str) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
+        return tuple(map(int, version.split(".")))
 
-def get_required_frontend_version():
-    """Get the required frontend version from requirements.txt."""
-    try:
-        with open(requirements_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            version_str = f.readline().split("=")[-1].strip()
-            if not is_valid_version(version_str):
-                logging.error(f"Invalid version format in requirements.txt: {version_str}")
-                return None
-            return version_str
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        logging.error("requirements.txt not found. Cannot determine required frontend version.")
-        return None
-    except Exception as e:
-        logging.error(f"Error reading requirements.txt: {e}")
-        return None
+def get_installed_frontend_version():
+    """Get the currently installed frontend package version."""
+    frontend_version_str = version("comfyui-frontend-package")
+    return frontend_version_str
 
 def check_frontend_version():
     """Check if the frontend version is up to date."""
 
-    def parse_version(version: str) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
-        return tuple(map(int, version.split(".")))
-
     try:
-        frontend_version_str = version("comfyui-frontend-package")
+        frontend_version_str = get_installed_frontend_version()
         frontend_version = parse_version(frontend_version_str)
-        required_frontend_str = get_required_frontend_version()
-        required_frontend = parse_version(required_frontend_str)
+        with open(requirements_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            required_frontend = parse_version(f.readline().split("=")[-1])
         if frontend_version < required_frontend:
             app.logger.log_startup_warning(
                 f"""
@@ -189,9 +173,9 @@ class FrontendManager:
     CUSTOM_FRONTENDS_ROOT = str(Path(__file__).parents[1] / "web_custom_versions")
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_required_frontend_version(cls) -> str:
-        """Get the required frontend version from requirements.txt."""
-        return get_required_frontend_version()
+    def get_frontend_version(cls) -> str:
+        """Get the currently installed frontend package version."""
+        return get_installed_frontend_version()
 
     @classmethod
     def default_frontend_path(cls) -> str:
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index dfb846b66..17e6f6ad7 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ class PromptServer():
             ram_free = comfy.model_management.get_free_memory(cpu_device)
             vram_total, torch_vram_total = comfy.model_management.get_total_memory(device, torch_total_too=True)
             vram_free, torch_vram_free = comfy.model_management.get_free_memory(device, torch_free_too=True)
-            required_frontend_version = FrontendManager.get_required_frontend_version()
+            required_frontend_version = FrontendManager.get_frontend_version()
 
             system_stats = {
                 "system": {
diff --git a/tests-unit/app_test/frontend_manager_test.py b/tests-unit/app_test/frontend_manager_test.py
index 44db1cd5b..ce0685d5a 100644
--- a/tests-unit/app_test/frontend_manager_test.py
+++ b/tests-unit/app_test/frontend_manager_test.py
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ def test_init_frontend_fallback_on_error():
     assert frontend_path == "/default/path"
     mock_check.assert_called_once()
     
-def test_get_required_frontend_version():
+def test_get_frontend_version():
     #Arrange
     expected_version = "1.23.4"
     
-    version = FrontendManager.get_required_frontend_version()
+    version = FrontendManager.get_frontend_version()
     
     #Assert
     assert version == expected_version