diff --git a/ct/bookstack.sh b/ct/bookstack.sh
index b1710edd2..97161a27c 100644
--- a/ct/bookstack.sh
+++ b/ct/bookstack.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ function update_script() {
     msg_ok "Backup finished"
 
     fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "bookstack" "BookStackApp/BookStack"
+    PHP_MODULE="ldap,tidy,bz2,mysqli" PHP_FPM="YES" PHP_APACHE="YES" PHP_VERSION="8.3" setup_php
 
     msg_info "Restoring backup"
     cp /opt/bookstack-backup/.env /opt/bookstack/.env
diff --git a/install/bookstack-install.sh b/install/bookstack-install.sh
index b279a87e9..917af8bea 100644
--- a/install/bookstack-install.sh
+++ b/install/bookstack-install.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ $STD apt-get install -y \
   make
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
-PHP_MODULE="fpm, ldap, tidy, bz2, mysql" PHP_FPM="YES" PHP_APACHE="YES" PHP_VERSION="8.2" setup_php
+PHP_MODULE="ldap,tidy,bz2,mysqli" PHP_FPM="YES" PHP_APACHE="YES" PHP_VERSION="8.3" setup_php
+
 setup_composer
 setup_mariadb
 
diff --git a/misc/tools.func b/misc/tools.func
index ba474dbb7..92cffe55e 100644
--- a/misc/tools.func
+++ b/misc/tools.func
@@ -434,6 +434,13 @@ function setup_php() {
     $STD apt-get update
   fi
 
+  for pkg in $MODULE_LIST; do
+    if ! apt-cache show "$pkg" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      msg_error "Package not found: $pkg"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  done
+
   local MODULE_LIST="php${PHP_VERSION}"
   IFS=',' read -ra MODULES <<<"$COMBINED_MODULES"
   for mod in "${MODULES[@]}"; do
@@ -443,6 +450,10 @@ function setup_php() {
   if [[ "$PHP_FPM" == "YES" ]]; then
     MODULE_LIST+=" php${PHP_VERSION}-fpm"
   fi
+  if [[ "$PHP_APACHE" == "YES" ]]; then
+    $STD apt-get install -y apache2
+    $STD systemctl restart apache2 || true
+  fi
 
   if [[ "$PHP_APACHE" == "YES" ]] && [[ -n "$CURRENT_PHP" ]]; then
     if [[ -f /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php${CURRENT_PHP}.load ]]; then
@@ -458,10 +469,6 @@ function setup_php() {
   $STD apt-get install -y $MODULE_LIST
   msg_ok "Setup PHP $PHP_VERSION"
 
-  if [[ "$PHP_APACHE" == "YES" ]]; then
-    $STD systemctl restart apache2 || true
-  fi
-
   if [[ "$PHP_FPM" == "YES" ]]; then
     $STD systemctl enable php${PHP_VERSION}-fpm
     $STD systemctl restart php${PHP_VERSION}-fpm