diff --git a/backend/app/services/knowledge/ragcore.py b/backend/app/services/knowledge/ragcore.py
index 94a680e..4d3dbb3 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/knowledge/ragcore.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/knowledge/ragcore.py
@@ -7,14 +7,17 @@ from app.services.knowledge import EvidenceState, GroundedAnswer, KnowledgeHealt
 
 _GROUNDED_ANSWERABILITY = {"answerable", "partially_answerable"}
 
-# Mirrors DemoKnowledgeProvider's own extractive template exactly: a real cited excerpt
-# wrapped in a fixed sentence, never a generated summary. Used only as a fallback when
-# RAGcore's own /v1/answers (generation + citation validation) is unavailable but its
-# retrieval (/v1/search) still returns real, relevant, cited results -- see ask() below.
+# Mirrors DemoKnowledgeProvider's own extractive template in spirit: a real cited
+# excerpt wrapped in a fixed sentence, never a generated summary. Used only as a
+# fallback when RAGcore's own /v1/answers (generation + citation validation) is
+# unavailable but its retrieval (/v1/search) still returns real, relevant, cited
+# results -- see ask() below. Unlike the demo corpus's own markdown frontmatter, RAGcore's
+# `document_version_id` is an opaque UUID, not a human-meaningful version string, so it
+# is deliberately left out of this sentence (it still appears on the source card itself).
 _LEAD_ANSWER_TEMPLATE = {
-    "en-GB": 'Per "{title}" (v{version}): {excerpt}',
-    "nl-BE": 'Volgens "{title}" (v{version}): {excerpt}',
-    "fr-BE": 'Selon « {title} » (v{version}) : {excerpt}',
+    "en-GB": 'Per "{title}": {excerpt}',
+    "nl-BE": 'Volgens "{title}": {excerpt}',
+    "fr-BE": 'Selon « {title} » : {excerpt}',
 }
 _DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = "en-GB"
 
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ class RAGcoreKnowledgeProvider:
 
         template = _LEAD_ANSWER_TEMPLATE.get(language, _LEAD_ANSWER_TEMPLATE[_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE])
         lead = sources[0]
-        answer = template.format(title=lead.title, version=lead.version, excerpt=lead.excerpt)
+        answer = template.format(title=lead.title, excerpt=lead.excerpt)
         return GroundedAnswer(
             answer=answer,
             evidence_state="grounded",