diff --git a/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/MarketplaceAppCard.vue b/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/MarketplaceAppCard.vue
index 94515a05..5ca56920 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/MarketplaceAppCard.vue
+++ b/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/MarketplaceAppCard.vue
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
             :class="tierLabel === 'core' ? 'tier-badge-core' : 'tier-badge-recommended'"
           >{{ tierLabel }}</span>
         </h3>
-        <p class="text-sm text-white/60">{{ app.version ? $ver(app.version) : 'latest' }}</p>
+        <p v-if="!isMultiVersion" class="text-sm text-white/60">{{ app.version ? $ver(app.version) : 'latest' }}</p>
+        <p v-else class="text-sm text-white/60">Choose version when installing</p>
         <p v-if="app.author" class="text-xs text-white/50 mt-1">by {{ app.author }}</p>
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { computed } from 'vue'
 import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
-import type { MarketplaceApp, InstallProgress } from './marketplaceData'
+import { MULTI_VERSION_APP_IDS, type MarketplaceApp, type InstallProgress } from './marketplaceData'
 import { DEFAULT_APP_ICON } from '@/views/apps/appsConfig'
 
 const { t } = useI18n()
@@ -200,6 +201,8 @@ defineEmits<{
   launch: [app: MarketplaceApp]
 }>()
 
+const isMultiVersion = computed(() => MULTI_VERSION_APP_IDS.has(props.app.id))
+
 const signatureLabel = computed(() => {
   switch (props.app.signature?.status) {
     case 'valid': return 'signed'
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/__tests__/MarketplaceAppCard.test.ts b/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/__tests__/MarketplaceAppCard.test.ts
index b5eb3070..84287fc5 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/__tests__/MarketplaceAppCard.test.ts
+++ b/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/__tests__/MarketplaceAppCard.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const app: MarketplaceApp = {
   source: 'community',
 }
 
-function mountCard(installed: boolean, installBlockedReason?: string) {
+function mountCard(installed: boolean, installBlockedReason?: string, appOverride: MarketplaceApp = app) {
   const i18n = createI18n({
     legacy: false,
     locale: 'en',
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function mountCard(installed: boolean, installBlockedReason?: string) {
 
   return mount(MarketplaceAppCard, {
     props: {
-      app,
+      app: appOverride,
       index: 0,
       stagger: false,
       installed,
@@ -65,4 +65,16 @@ describe('MarketplaceAppCard', () => {
     expect(wrapper.text()).toContain('Requires a full archive Bitcoin node before install.')
     expect(wrapper.text()).toContain('Bitcoin Pruned')
   })
+
+  it('does not present one catalog version as definitive for multi-version apps (#129)', () => {
+    const wrapper = mountCard(false, undefined, {
+      ...app,
+      id: 'bitcoin-core',
+      title: 'Bitcoin Core',
+      version: '28.4.0',
+    })
+
+    expect(wrapper.text()).toContain('Choose version when installing')
+    expect(wrapper.text()).not.toContain('28.4')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/marketplaceData.ts b/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/marketplaceData.ts
index 5cecd729..772a1f8f 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/marketplaceData.ts
+++ b/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/marketplaceData.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ export interface InstallProgress {
   attempt: number
 }
 
+/** Apps that ask for their concrete version in InstallVersionModal. Their
+ * store tiles deliberately omit a single catalog version: showing “v28.4”
+ * there implies that is the only version immediately before asking the user
+ * to choose a different one. */
+export const MULTI_VERSION_APP_IDS = new Set(['bitcoin-knots', 'bitcoin-core'])
+
 /** Archipelago app registry — all app images are mirrored here */
 const REGISTRY = 'source.archipelago-foundation.org/lfg2025'