diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/pickerscreens/ModManagementOptions.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/pickerscreens/ModManagementOptions.kt
index 0ea5cc3e10..e284d4128d 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/pickerscreens/ModManagementOptions.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/pickerscreens/ModManagementOptions.kt
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class ModUIData(
         state.hasUpdate = isUpdated
     }
 
-    fun lastUpdated() = ruleset?.modOptions?.lastUpdated ?: repo?.updated_at ?: ""
+    fun lastUpdated() = ruleset?.modOptions?.lastUpdated ?: repo?.pushed_at ?: ""
     fun stargazers() = repo?.stargazers_count ?: 0
     fun author() = ruleset?.modOptions?.author ?: repo?.owner?.login ?: ""
     fun matchesFilter(filterText: String): Boolean = when {
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/pickerscreens/ModManagementScreen.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/pickerscreens/ModManagementScreen.kt
index 7704c75056..95943d2963 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/pickerscreens/ModManagementScreen.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/pickerscreens/ModManagementScreen.kt
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class ModManagementScreen(
 
             val installedMod = RulesetCache.values.firstOrNull { it.name == repo.name }
             val isUpdatedVersionOfInstalledMod = installedMod?.modOptions?.let {
-                it.lastUpdated != "" && it.lastUpdated != repo.updated_at
+                it.lastUpdated != "" && it.lastUpdated != repo.pushed_at
             } == true
 
             if (installedMod != null) {
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class ModManagementScreen(
      * @param repo: the repository instance as received from the GitHub api
      */
     private fun addModInfoToActionTable(repo: Github.Repo) {
-        addModInfoToActionTable(repo.name, repo.html_url, repo.updated_at, repo.owner.login, repo.size)
+        addModInfoToActionTable(repo.name, repo.html_url, repo.pushed_at, repo.owner.login, repo.size)
     }
     /** Recreate the information part of the right-hand column
      * @param modName: The mod name (name from the RuleSet)
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ class ModManagementScreen(
         val modOptionsFile = modFolder.child("jsons/ModOptions.json")
         val modOptions = if (modOptionsFile.exists()) JsonParser().getFromJson(ModOptions::class.java, modOptionsFile) else ModOptions()
         modOptions.modUrl = repo.html_url
-        modOptions.lastUpdated = repo.updated_at
+        modOptions.lastUpdated = repo.pushed_at
         modOptions.author = repo.owner.login
         modOptions.modSize = repo.size
         Json().toJson(modOptions, modOptionsFile)
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/mainmenu/GitHub.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/mainmenu/GitHub.kt
index 7e70739846..1a7760df58 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/mainmenu/GitHub.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/mainmenu/GitHub.kt
@@ -259,8 +259,7 @@ object Github {
         var stargazers_count = 0
         var default_branch = ""
         var html_url = ""
-        var updated_at = ""
-        //var pushed_at = ""                // if > updated_at might indicate an update soon?
+        var pushed_at = "" // don't use updated_at - see https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv/issues/6106
         var size = 0
         //var stargazers_url = ""
         //var homepage: String? = null      // might use instead of go to repo?