diff --git a/Altoholic/Altoholic.lua b/Altoholic/Altoholic.lua
index 1babc6d..cbc3389 100644
--- a/Altoholic/Altoholic.lua
+++ b/Altoholic/Altoholic.lua
@@ -335,8 +335,10 @@ function addon:OnEnable()
 	
 	-- CoA: just "Altoholic <version>" in the title bar (Exiles branding + author credit live in the .toc).
 	-- Read the live .toc Version so it tracks each -coa.N release without editing this string.
-	local titleVersion = GetAddOnMetadata(addonName, "Version") or addon.Version
-	AltoholicFrameName:SetText("Altoholic |cFFFFFFFF".. titleVersion .."|r")
+	-- CoA: use a Lua constant, not GetAddOnMetadata — TOC metadata is cached at game launch
+	-- and does NOT refresh on /reload, so the .toc version looked stale ("still .18"). A Lua
+	-- constant re-evaluates on every /reload, giving a truthful loaded-code version. Bump with the .toc.
+	AltoholicFrameName:SetText("Altoholic |cFFFFFFFF3.3.002b-coa.21|r")
 
 	local realm = GetRealmName()
 	local player = UnitName("player")
diff --git a/Altoholic/Altoholic.toc b/Altoholic/Altoholic.toc
index 3227bf5..d9f51ca 100644
--- a/Altoholic/Altoholic.toc
+++ b/Altoholic/Altoholic.toc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 ## Author: Thaoky, Telkar-RG
 ## X-Edited-By: Exiles (Sub-Net) — florian.berthold@sub-net.at
-## Version: 3.3.002b-coa.20
+## Version: 3.3.002b-coa.21
 ## X-Category: Inventory, Tradeskill, Mail
 ## X-Localizations: enUS, frFR, zhCN, zhTW, deDE, koKR, esES, esMX, ruRU
 ## X-Website: http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/altoholic.aspx