diff --git a/qgis-app/plugins/tasks/generate_plugins_xml.py b/qgis-app/plugins/tasks/generate_plugins_xml.py
index b677c8fd..79cb0cae 100644
--- a/qgis-app/plugins/tasks/generate_plugins_xml.py
+++ b/qgis-app/plugins/tasks/generate_plugins_xml.py
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ def fetch_and_save_xml(version_or_label, is_label=False):
             with open(os.path.join(folder_path, file_name), "w+") as file:
                 file.write(response.text)
 
-    for version in versions:
-        fetch_and_save_xml(version)
-
     for label in labels:
         fetch_and_save_xml(label, is_label=True)
+
+    for version in versions:
+        fetch_and_save_xml(version)
diff --git a/qgis-app/plugins/tests/test_task.py b/qgis-app/plugins/tests/test_task.py
index 483d7f0c..a17c41d9 100644
--- a/qgis-app/plugins/tests/test_task.py
+++ b/qgis-app/plugins/tests/test_task.py
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ def test_generate_plugins_xml_with_custom_site(self, mock_open, mock_mkdir, mock
         # Given
         mock_response = MagicMock()
         mock_response.status_code = 200
-        mock_response.text = '<some xml content> QGIS Version 34002|Visit https://download.qgis.org to get your copy of version 3.40.2'
+        mock_response.text = '<some xml content>'
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {'latest': {'version': '3.40'}, 'ltr': {'version': '3.40'}}
         mock_get.return_value = mock_response
         preferences.SitePreference.qgis_versions = '3.24,3.25'
 
diff --git a/qgis-app/plugins/utils.py b/qgis-app/plugins/utils.py
index 546f653e..cfa3c75a 100644
--- a/qgis-app/plugins/utils.py
+++ b/qgis-app/plugins/utils.py
@@ -72,20 +72,19 @@ def get_version_from_label(param):
         ValueError: If the parameter value is invalid.
         Exception: If the request to the QGIS version service fails or the version is not found.
     """
-    if param.lower() in ['ltr', 'stable']:
-        url = 'https://version.qgis.org/version-ltr.txt'
-    elif param.lower() == 'latest':
-        url = 'https://version.qgis.org/version.txt'
-    else:
-        raise ValueError('Invalid parameter value')
+    url = 'https://version.qgis.org/version.json'
 
     response = requests.get(url)
     if response.status_code != 200:
         raise Exception('Request failed')
 
-    content = response.text
-    match = re.search(r'QGIS Version \d+\|Visit .+ version (\d+\.\d+)', content)
-    if match:
-        return match.group(1)
-    else:
-        raise Exception('Version not found in response')
\ No newline at end of file
+    content = response.json()
+    param = param.lower()
+
+    if param == 'stable':
+        param = 'ltr'
+
+    if param in content:
+        version_info = content[param]
+        return version_info['version']
+    return None