diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 0814869b4..a864c7c49 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "Singular"
 uuid = "bcd08a7b-43d2-5ff7-b6d4-c458787f915c"
-version = "0.21.2"
+version = "0.21.3"
 
 [deps]
 AbstractAlgebra = "c3fe647b-3220-5bb0-a1ea-a7954cac585d"
diff --git a/src/setup.jl b/src/setup.jl
index dc48a9375..2e76f1942 100644
--- a/src/setup.jl
+++ b/src/setup.jl
@@ -153,8 +153,12 @@ function locate_libsingular()
    # by comparing tree hashes
    src_hash = bytes2hex(Pkg.GitTools.tree_hash(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "deps", "src")))
 
-   if jll_hash == src_hash
+   # the uuid is for Singular.jl
+   pkginfo = get(Pkg.dependencies(), Base.PkgId(parentmodule(Setup)).uuid, nothing)
+
+   if jll_hash == src_hash || (pkginfo !== nothing && pkginfo.is_tracking_registry)
        # if the tree hashes match then we use the JLL
+       # also if we are using a released Singular.jl version
        path = libsingular_julia_jll.get_libsingular_julia_path()
    else
       # tree hashes differ: we use the bundled sources.