diff --git a/scripts/upgrade b/scripts/upgrade
index fc5495f..ab3ab3a 100755
--- a/scripts/upgrade
+++ b/scripts/upgrade
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ function list_installed_apps_not_compatible_with_future_version()
     local core_apps_in_current_version=$(mktemp)
     local nextcloud_destination_appcatalog=$(mktemp)
 
+    # Run a first "dummy" command just to make sure we have the appropriate php dependencies installed,
+    # otherwise this creates funky stuff when tweaking the apt deps because the next command is piped into jq ...
+    exec_occ -V
     # List installed apps
     exec_occ app:list --output json | jq -r ".enabled | keys[]" | sort > $installed_apps
     # Fetch Nextcloud list of core apps from their github repo for the current version