diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index 873688259..2acc0235b 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+  - bugfix:  42_AptToDate: fix state reading after getDistribution
   - feature: 49_SSCam: tooltip hints in camera devices, commandref revised
   - feature: 36_WMBUS: new attribute ignoreUnknownDataBlocks
   - feature: 49_SSCam: V8.0.0, new type "hls" of streaming devices, hls 
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/42_AptToDate.pm b/fhem/FHEM/42_AptToDate.pm
index 7d1a07087..c9b3c88f8 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/42_AptToDate.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/42_AptToDate.pm
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ package main;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-my $version = "1.4.1";
+my $version = "1.4.2";
 
 sub AptToDate_Initialize($) {
 
@@ -872,7 +872,8 @@ sub WriteReadings($$) {
         readingsBulkUpdate(
             $hash, 'state',
             (
-                scalar keys %{ $decode_json->{packages} } > 0
+                (scalar keys %{ $decode_json->{packages} } > 0
+                or scalar keys%{ $hash->{".fhem"}{aptget}{packages} } > 0)
                 ? 'system updates available'
                 : 'system is up to date'
             )