diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/set_config.rs b/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/set_config.rs
index d7d0cca2..e728a1af 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/set_config.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/set_config.rs
@@ -46,10 +46,18 @@ fn image_tag(image: &str) -> Option<String> {
 async fn installed_version(app_id: &str) -> Option<String> {
     let containers = get_containers_for_app(app_id).await.ok()?;
     // Prefer the backend container (exact id / `archy-<id>`) over UI companions.
-    let name = containers
-        .iter()
-        .find(|n| n.as_str() == app_id || n.as_str() == format!("archy-{app_id}"))
-        .or_else(|| containers.first())?;
+    //
+    // The fallback is deliberately narrow. It used to be `containers.first()`
+    // unconditionally, which for a multi-container stack reported a SIBLING's
+    // version as the app's own: with btcpay-server's container absent, its
+    // postgres dependency was first in the list, so package.versions answered
+    // installedVersion "15.17" against an available "2.4.2". That is not a
+    // cosmetic mislabel — it is the number the update decision is made from.
+    //
+    // A single-container app is unambiguous, so the fallback still covers apps
+    // whose container is named differently from their id. With several
+    // containers and no identifiable backend, "unknown" is the honest answer.
+    let name = select_backend_container(app_id, &containers)?;
     let out = tokio::process::Command::new("podman")
         .args(["inspect", name, "--format", "{{.ImageName}}"])
         .output()
@@ -74,6 +82,24 @@ async fn installed_version(app_id: &str) -> Option<String> {
     Some(tag)
 }
 
+/// Pick the container that represents `app_id` itself, never a stack sibling.
+///
+/// See the note at the call site: an unconditional "first container" fallback
+/// reported a dependency's image tag as the app's installed version.
+fn select_backend_container<'a>(app_id: &str, containers: &'a [String]) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    if let Some(exact) = containers
+        .iter()
+        .find(|n| n.as_str() == app_id || n.as_str() == format!("archy-{app_id}"))
+    {
+        return Some(exact.as_str());
+    }
+    // Unambiguous only when there is nothing else it could be.
+    if containers.len() == 1 {
+        return Some(containers[0].as_str());
+    }
+    None
+}
+
 fn is_floating_tag(tag: &str) -> bool {
     matches!(tag, "latest" | "stable" | "release" | "main")
 }
@@ -295,7 +321,9 @@ impl RpcHandler {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{image_tag, is_floating_tag, parse_bitcoind_version_output};
+    use super::{
+        image_tag, is_floating_tag, parse_bitcoind_version_output, select_backend_container,
+    };
 
     #[test]
     fn floating_tag_detects_generic_channel_names() {
@@ -332,6 +360,42 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(parse_bitcoind_version_output(""), None);
     }
 
+    /// The BTCPay case: with btcpay-server's own container absent, its postgres
+    /// dependency was first in the app's container list and its tag (15.17) was
+    /// reported as BTCPay's installed version, against an available 2.4.2.
+    #[test]
+    fn backend_selection_never_falls_back_to_a_sibling_in_a_stack() {
+        let stack = vec!["archy-btcpay-db".to_string(), "archy-nbxplorer".to_string()];
+        assert_eq!(select_backend_container("btcpay-server", &stack), None);
+
+        let with_backend = vec![
+            "archy-btcpay-db".to_string(),
+            "btcpay-server".to_string(),
+        ];
+        assert_eq!(
+            select_backend_container("btcpay-server", &with_backend),
+            Some("btcpay-server")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn backend_selection_accepts_a_lone_differently_named_container() {
+        let single = vec!["immich_server".to_string()];
+        assert_eq!(
+            select_backend_container("immich", &single),
+            Some("immich_server")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn backend_selection_prefers_the_archy_prefixed_name() {
+        let names = vec!["something-else".to_string(), "archy-nbxplorer".to_string()];
+        assert_eq!(
+            select_backend_container("nbxplorer", &names),
+            Some("archy-nbxplorer")
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn image_tag_keeps_registry_port_colon() {
         assert_eq!(