diff --git a/packages/core/src/apps/catalog.json b/packages/core/src/apps/catalog.json
index f71348b63..41d182eff 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/apps/catalog.json
+++ b/packages/core/src/apps/catalog.json
@@ -1267,7 +1267,8 @@
       ]
     },
     {
-      "available": false,
+      "available": true,
+      "verified": true,
       "id": "uptime-kuma",
       "name": "Uptime Kuma",
       "description": "Self-hosted uptime monitoring with status pages and alerts.",
@@ -1283,7 +1284,7 @@
       "services": [
         {
           "name": "uptime-kuma",
-          "image": "louislam/uptime-kuma:1",
+          "image": "louislam/uptime-kuma:2",
           "ports": [
             "3001:3001"
           ],
@@ -1294,7 +1295,21 @@
           ],
           "restart": "unless-stopped"
         }
-      ]
+      ],
+      "connection": {
+        "title": "Open Uptime Kuma",
+        "outputs": [
+          {
+            "id": "url",
+            "label": "URL",
+            "source": "publicUrl:uptime-kuma",
+            "kind": "url"
+          }
+        ],
+        "firstLogin": {
+          "note": "First run asks you to pick a database. Choose \"embedded\": this template only provisions Uptime Kuma's own SQLite volume, not an external MariaDB. Then create the admin user. There is no default account."
+        }
+      }
     },
     {
       "available": false,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/apps/catalog.test.ts b/packages/core/src/apps/catalog.test.ts
index b01e34210..ec5a5f70e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/apps/catalog.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/apps/catalog.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ describe("app catalog (JSON)", () => {
     expect(isValidAppTemplate(null)).toBe(false);
     expect(isValidAppTemplate({ id: "x", name: "X", description: "d", kind: "template", logo: "x", category: "bogus" })).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it("uptime-kuma is enabled on the current major image", () => {
+    const app = APP_TEMPLATES.find((a) => a.id === "uptime-kuma");
+    expect(app?.available).toBe(true);
+    expect(app?.services?.[0]?.image).toBe("louislam/uptime-kuma:2");
+    expect(app?.connection?.outputs.some((o) => o.source === "publicUrl:uptime-kuma")).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
 
 // A minimal valid template used to probe the stricter, version-aware gate.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/apps/catalog/uptime-kuma.json b/packages/core/src/apps/catalog/uptime-kuma.json
index 2f29fa9a4..c676284e4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/apps/catalog/uptime-kuma.json
+++ b/packages/core/src/apps/catalog/uptime-kuma.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "available": false,
+  "available": true,
+  "verified": true,
   "id": "uptime-kuma",
   "name": "Uptime Kuma",
   "description": "Self-hosted uptime monitoring with status pages and alerts.",
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
   "services": [
     {
       "name": "uptime-kuma",
-      "image": "louislam/uptime-kuma:1",
+      "image": "louislam/uptime-kuma:2",
       "ports": [
         "3001:3001"
       ],
@@ -26,5 +27,19 @@
       ],
       "restart": "unless-stopped"
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "connection": {
+    "title": "Open Uptime Kuma",
+    "outputs": [
+      {
+        "id": "url",
+        "label": "URL",
+        "source": "publicUrl:uptime-kuma",
+        "kind": "url"
+      }
+    ],
+    "firstLogin": {
+      "note": "First run asks you to pick a database. Choose \"embedded\": this template only provisions Uptime Kuma's own SQLite volume, not an external MariaDB. Then create the admin user. There is no default account."
+    }
+  }
 }