diff --git a/addons/bus/static/src/js/services/assets_watchdog_service.js b/addons/bus/static/src/js/services/assets_watchdog_service.js
index 2cec026ee20..df11b8de00b 100644
--- a/addons/bus/static/src/js/services/assets_watchdog_service.js
+++ b/addons/bus/static/src/js/services/assets_watchdog_service.js
@@ -2,24 +2,17 @@
 
 import { browser } from "@web/core/browser/browser";
 import { registry } from "@web/core/registry";
+import { session } from "@web/session";
 
 export const assetsWatchdogService = {
     dependencies: ["notification"],
 
     start(env, { notification }) {
-        const assets = {};
         let isNotificationDisplayed = false;
         let bundleNotifTimerID = null;
 
         env.bus.on("WEB_CLIENT_READY", null, async () => {
             const legacyEnv = owl.Component.env;
-
-            document.querySelectorAll("*[data-asset-bundle]").forEach((el) => {
-                assets[el.getAttribute("data-asset-bundle")] = el.getAttribute(
-                    "data-asset-version"
-                );
-            });
-
             legacyEnv.services.bus_service.onNotification(this, onNotification);
             legacyEnv.services.bus_service.startPolling();
         });
@@ -78,7 +71,7 @@ export const assetsWatchdogService = {
         function onNotification(notifications) {
             for (const { payload, type } of notifications) {
                 if (type === 'bundle_changed') {
-                    if (payload.name in assets && payload.version !== assets[payload.name]) {
+                    if (payload.server_version !== session.server_version) {
                         displayBundleChangedNotification();
                         break;
                     }
diff --git a/addons/bus/static/tests/assets_watchdog_tests.js b/addons/bus/static/tests/assets_watchdog_tests.js
index 82c3c05a66f..4a472cb2342 100644
--- a/addons/bus/static/tests/assets_watchdog_tests.js
+++ b/addons/bus/static/tests/assets_watchdog_tests.js
@@ -48,10 +48,7 @@ QUnit.module("Bus Assets WatchDog", (hooks) => {
                 return [{
                     message: {
                         type: 'bundle_changed',
-                        payload: {
-                            name: 'web.assets_backend',
-                            version: 'newHash',
-                        },
+                        payload: { server_version: "NEW_MAJOR_VERSION" },
                     },
                 }];
             }
diff --git a/addons/bus/tests/test_assetsbundle.py b/addons/bus/tests/test_assetsbundle.py
index 12519823264..d520c1b4aff 100644
--- a/addons/bus/tests/test_assetsbundle.py
+++ b/addons/bus/tests/test_assetsbundle.py
@@ -47,6 +47,5 @@ class BusWebTests(odoo.tests.HttpCase):
         )
         for (channel, message) in sendones:
             self.assertEqual(channel, 'broadcast')
-            self.assertEqual(len(message), 2)
-            self.assertIn(message.get('name'), bundle_xml_ids)
-            self.assertTrue(isinstance(message.get('name'), str))
+            self.assertEqual(len(message), 1)
+            self.assertTrue(isinstance(message.get('server_version'), str))
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/models/assetsbundle.py b/odoo/addons/base/models/assetsbundle.py
index 28f103854c8..06bdcb911ae 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/models/assetsbundle.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/models/assetsbundle.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from odoo.modules.module import get_resource_path
 from odoo.tools import func, misc, transpile_javascript, is_odoo_module, SourceMapGenerator, profiler
 from odoo.tools.misc import file_open, html_escape as escape
 from odoo.tools.pycompat import to_text
+from odoo.release import version as server_version
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -343,8 +344,7 @@ class AssetsBundle(object):
         # to invite the user to refresh their browser
         if self.env and 'bus.bus' in self.env and self.name in self.TRACKED_BUNDLES:
             self.env['bus.bus']._sendone('broadcast', 'bundle_changed', {
-                'name': self.name,
-                'version': self.version,
+                'server_version': server_version
             })
             _logger.debug('Asset Changed: bundle: %s -- version: %s', self.name, self.version)