diff --git a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/entity/xml/EntityToElementStrategy.java b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/entity/xml/EntityToElementStrategy.java
index e6dc2b21d088ceeff9e0e7a9b60547b288893f18..a829d711aa6345a16c9c368db27cb2f146f044b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/entity/xml/EntityToElementStrategy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/entity/xml/EntityToElementStrategy.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class EntityToElementStrategy implements ToElementStrategy {
     if (setFieldStrategy.isToBeSet("id") && entity.hasId()) {
       element.setAttribute("id", Integer.toString(entity.getId()));
     }
-    if (setFieldStrategy.isToBeSet("version") && entity.hasVersion()) {
+    if (entity.hasVersion()) {
       Element v = new VersionXMLSerializer().toElement(entity.getVersion());
       element.addContent(v);
     }