diff --git a/templates/footer.tpl b/templates/footer.tpl
index 2c8ee789..eed2537e 100644
--- a/templates/footer.tpl
+++ b/templates/footer.tpl
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 <!-- {$smarty.template} -->
 <footer class="footer">
     <div class="container text-center">
-        <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://github.com/postfixadmin/postfixadmin/">Postfix Admin {$version}</a>
-        <span id="update-check">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-	<a target="_blank" rel="noopener"
-       href="http://postfixadmin.sf.net/update-check.php?version={$version|escape:"url"}">{$PALANG.check_update}</a>
-        </span>
-        {if isset($smarty.session.sessid)}
-            {if $smarty.session.sessid.username}
-                &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-                {$PALANG.pFooter_logged_as|replace:"%s":$smarty.session.sessid.username}
+        {if !isset($smarty.session.sessid.username)}
+            {* see: https://github.com/postfixadmin/postfixadmin/issues/517 - only expose version number if logged in *}
+            <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://github.com/postfixadmin/postfixadmin/">PostfixAdmin</a>
+        {else}
+            <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://github.com/postfixadmin/postfixadmin/">Postfix
+                Admin {$version}</a>
+            <span id="update-check">&nbsp;|&nbsp;
+                <a target="_blank" rel="noopener"
+                   href="http://postfixadmin.sf.net/update-check.php?version={$version|escape:"url"}">
+                    {$PALANG.check_update}
+                </a>
+            </span>
+            {if isset($smarty.session.sessid)}
+                {if $smarty.session.sessid.username}
+                    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+                    {$PALANG.pFooter_logged_as|replace:"%s":$smarty.session.sessid.username}
+                {/if}
             {/if}
         {/if}
         {if $CONF.show_footer_text == 'YES' && $CONF.footer_link}