diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2667dea25b..4556d7b953 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
   "config": {
     "bundledKubectlVersion": "1.21.2",
     "bundledHelmVersion": "3.6.3",
-    "sentryDsn": ""
+    "sentryDsn": "",
+    "extensionUpdateUrl": ""
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=14 <15"
diff --git a/src/common/vars.ts b/src/common/vars.ts
index de0d1abf98..6b102bc86c 100644
--- a/src/common/vars.ts
+++ b/src/common/vars.ts
@@ -61,3 +61,4 @@ export const appSemVer = new SemVer(packageInfo.version);
 export const docsUrl = "https://docs.k8slens.dev/main/" as string;
 
 export const sentryDsn = packageInfo.config?.sentryDsn ?? "";
+export const extensionUpdateUrl = packageInfo.config?.extensionUpdateUrl ?? "";
diff --git a/src/extensions/bundled-latest-version-checker.ts b/src/extensions/bundled-latest-version-checker.ts
index dd51e6a12c..2f694be39b 100644
--- a/src/extensions/bundled-latest-version-checker.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/bundled-latest-version-checker.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import { SemVer } from "semver";
 import logger from "../common/logger";
+import { extensionUpdateUrl } from "../common/vars";
 import { DownloadFileOptions, downloadJson } from "../renderer/utils";
 import type { LensExtensionManifest } from "./lens-extension";
 import type { LensExtensionLatestVersionChecker } from "./lens-extension-latest-version-checker";
@@ -25,8 +26,7 @@ export class BundledVersionChecker implements LensExtensionLatestVersionChecker
       return null;
     }
 
-    const updateUrl = process.env.BUNDLED_EXTENSIONS_URL;
-    const json = await this.getJson(updateUrl);
+    const json = await this.getJson(extensionUpdateUrl);
 
     if (!json || json.error || !json[manifest.name]) {
       logger.info(`[BUNDLED-EXTENSIONS-UPDATER]: No version found for ${manifest.name}.`);
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export class BundledVersionChecker implements LensExtensionLatestVersionChecker
     const version = json[manifest.name];
 
     return {
-      input: `${updateUrl}/${manifest.name}-${version}.tar`,
+      input: `${extensionUpdateUrl}/${manifest.name}-${version}.tar`,
       version: new SemVer(version).version
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/extensions/lens-extension-latest-version-checker.ts b/src/extensions/lens-extension-latest-version-checker.ts
index 4cb7b66e21..8b7a4e04fe 100644
--- a/src/extensions/lens-extension-latest-version-checker.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/lens-extension-latest-version-checker.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ import type { LensExtensionManifest } from "./lens-extension";
 import type { LensExtensionAvailableUpdate } from "./lens-extension-update-checker";
 
 export interface LensExtensionLatestVersionChecker {
-  getLatestVersion(manifest: LensExtensionManifest): Promise<LensExtensionAvailableUpdate>
+  getLatestVersion(manifest: LensExtensionManifest, isBundled?: boolean): Promise<LensExtensionAvailableUpdate>
 }
diff --git a/src/extensions/lens-extension-update-checker.ts b/src/extensions/lens-extension-update-checker.ts
index 408cb646d1..20b53f52f3 100644
--- a/src/extensions/lens-extension-update-checker.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/lens-extension-update-checker.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export class LensExtensionUpdateChecker {
     this.updateSources = updateSources;
   }
 
-  public async run(manifest: LensExtensionManifest): Promise<LensExtensionAvailableUpdate|undefined> {
+  public async run(manifest: LensExtensionManifest, isBundled?: boolean): Promise<LensExtensionAvailableUpdate|undefined> {
     const { name, version } = manifest;
 
     logger.debug(`Check update for extension ${name}`);
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class LensExtensionUpdateChecker {
     const versions: LensExtensionAvailableUpdate[] = [];
 
     for(const checker of Object.values(this.updateSources)) {
-      const latestVersionFromSource = await checker.getLatestVersion(manifest);
+      const latestVersionFromSource = await checker.getLatestVersion(manifest, isBundled);
 
       if (latestVersionFromSource && this.isUpdate(version, latestVersionFromSource.version)) {
         versions.push(latestVersionFromSource);