diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/app_context.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/app_context.ts
index 56c41d44fcc0b5..866c4ba3ce6fe6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/app_context.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/app_context.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   EncryptedSavedObjectsClient,
   EncryptedSavedObjectsPluginSetup,
 } from '../../../encrypted_saved_objects/server';
+import packageJSON from '../../../../../package.json';
 import { SecurityPluginSetup } from '../../../security/server';
 import { IngestManagerConfigType } from '../../common';
 import { ExternalCallback, ExternalCallbacksStorage, IngestManagerAppContext } from '../plugin';
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ class AppContextService {
   private configSubject$?: BehaviorSubject<IngestManagerConfigType>;
   private savedObjects: SavedObjectsServiceStart | undefined;
   private isProductionMode: IngestManagerAppContext['isProductionMode'] = false;
-  private kibanaVersion: IngestManagerAppContext['kibanaVersion'] | undefined;
-  private kibanaBranch: IngestManagerAppContext['kibanaBranch'] | undefined;
+  private kibanaVersion: IngestManagerAppContext['kibanaVersion'] | undefined = packageJSON.version;
+  private kibanaBranch: IngestManagerAppContext['kibanaBranch'] | undefined = packageJSON.branch;
   private cloud?: CloudSetup;
   private logger: Logger | undefined;
   private httpSetup?: HttpServiceSetup;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/registry/registry_url.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/registry/registry_url.ts
index 1847872a783782..b788d1bcbb4a92 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/registry/registry_url.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/registry/registry_url.ts
@@ -20,14 +20,7 @@ const SNAPSHOT_REGISTRY_URL_CDN = 'https://epr-snapshot.elastic.co';
 // const SNAPSHOT_REGISTRY_URL_NO_CDN = 'https://epr-snapshot.ea-web.elastic.dev';
 
 const getDefaultRegistryUrl = (): string => {
-  let branch;
-  try {
-    branch = appContextService.getKibanaBranch();
-  } catch (error) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.error(error);
-  }
-
+  const branch = appContextService.getKibanaBranch();
   if (branch === 'master') {
     return SNAPSHOT_REGISTRY_URL_CDN;
   } else {