diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Theme/view/frontend/templates/html/bugreport.phtml b/app/code/Magento/Theme/view/frontend/templates/html/bugreport.phtml
index f81d5ae8386c690c113ed59a1ed5fef74a7ed333..1b984b454f0a535088d61127e9cf02cfc8f74add 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Theme/view/frontend/templates/html/bugreport.phtml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Theme/view/frontend/templates/html/bugreport.phtml
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@
        target="_blank">
         <?php echo __('Report All Bugs') ?>
     </a>
-    <strong><?php echo __('(ver. %1)', \Magento\Framework\AppInterface::VERSION) ?></strong>
 </small>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Theme/view/frontend/templates/html/footer.phtml b/app/code/Magento/Theme/view/frontend/templates/html/footer.phtml
index d5e3ef7851329e5893cbf7ad15fe45fdf7cf8efb..f158afa5e9c95d49f2cd9c044a8af6f4bca4a7fa 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Theme/view/frontend/templates/html/footer.phtml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Theme/view/frontend/templates/html/footer.phtml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <?php echo $block->getChildHtml() ?>
         <p class="bugs"><?php echo __('Help Us Keep Magento Healthy') ?> - <a
             href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/bug-tracking"
-            target="_blank"><strong><?php echo __('Report All Bugs') ?></strong></a> <?php echo __('(ver. %1)', \Magento\Framework\AppInterface::VERSION) ?>
+            target="_blank"><strong><?php echo __('Report All Bugs') ?></strong></a>
         </p>
         <address><?php echo $block->getCopyright() ?></address>
     </div>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Version/Controller/Index/Index.php b/app/code/Magento/Version/Controller/Index/Index.php
index 687e3d3d5163512fb83214e04961b43d359ba1ba..0fe6235bc6ca091e830b184ffa73b3be57875e58 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Version/Controller/Index/Index.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Version/Controller/Index/Index.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace Magento\Version\Controller\Index;
 use Magento\Framework\App\Action\Action;
 use Magento\Framework\App\Action\Context;
 use Magento\Framework\App\ProductMetadataInterface;
+use Magento\Framework\Exception\StateException;
 
 /**
  * Magento Version controller
@@ -31,15 +32,21 @@ class Index extends Action
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the response body with ProductName/Version (Edition). E.g.: Magento/0.42.0-beta3 (Community)
+     * Sets the response body to ProductName/Major.MinorVersion (Edition). E.g.: Magento/0.42 (Community). Omits patch
+     * version from response
      *
      * @return void
      */
     public function execute()
     {
+        $versionParts = explode('.', $this->productMetadata->getVersion());
+        if (!isset($versionParts[0]) || !isset($versionParts[1])) {
+            return ; // Major and minor version are not set - return empty response
+        }
+        $majorMinorVersion = $versionParts[0] . '.' . $versionParts[1];
         $this->getResponse()->setBody(
             $this->productMetadata->getName() . '/' .
-            $this->productMetadata->getVersion() . ' (' .
+            $majorMinorVersion . ' (' .
             $this->productMetadata->getEdition() . ')'
         );
     }
diff --git a/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Version/Controller/Index/IndexTest.php b/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Version/Controller/Index/IndexTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3fcd52372495618c34abe710326e17066c4d704f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Version/Controller/Index/IndexTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+/***
+ * Copyright © 2015 Magento. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+namespace Magento\Version\Controller\Index;
+
+class IndexTest extends \Magento\TestFramework\TestCase\AbstractController
+{
+    public function testIndexAction()
+    {
+        // Execute controller to get version response
+        $this->dispatch('magento_version/index/index');
+        $body = $this->getResponse()->getBody();
+
+        $objectManager = \Magento\TestFramework\Helper\Bootstrap::getObjectManager();
+        /** @var \Magento\Framework\App\ProductMetadataInterface $productMetadata */
+        $productMetadata = $objectManager->get('Magento\Framework\App\ProductMetadataInterface');
+        $name = $productMetadata->getName();
+        $edition = $productMetadata->getEdition();
+
+        $fullVersion = $productMetadata->getVersion();
+        $versionParts = explode('.', $fullVersion);
+        $majorMinor = $versionParts[0] . '.' . $versionParts[1];
+
+        // Response must contain Major.Minor version, product name, and edition
+        $this->assertContains($majorMinor, $body);
+        $this->assertContains($name, $body);
+        $this->assertContains($edition, $body);
+
+        // Response must not contain full version including patch version
+        $this->assertNotContains($fullVersion, $body);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Filesystem/Driver/Http.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Filesystem/Driver/Http.php
index 2e60f74c6f15f0ae865fbcd809ae82c336f0cf2b..c1fcedc96e66fdaff57c8530b38263f14b83776d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Filesystem/Driver/Http.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Filesystem/Driver/Http.php
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ class Http extends File
             'Host: ' .
             $hostname .
             "\r\n" .
-            'User-Agent: Magento ver/' .
-            \Magento\Framework\AppInterface::VERSION .
+            'User-Agent: Magento' .
             "\r\n" .
             'Connection: close' .
             "\r\n" .