diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource.cs
index 27bc803449..96817571f6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
         public bool TryLookup(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, out OnlineBeatmapMetadata? onlineMetadata)
         {
+            Debug.Assert(beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet != null);
+
             if (!Available)
             {
                 onlineMetadata = null;
@@ -94,43 +96,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
                 return false;
             }
 
-            Debug.Assert(beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet != null);
-
             try
             {
                 using (var db = new SqliteConnection(string.Concat(@"Data Source=", storage.GetFullPath(@"online.db", true))))
                 {
                     db.Open();
 
-                    using (var cmd = db.CreateCommand())
+                    switch (getCacheVersion(db))
                     {
-                        cmd.CommandText =
-                            @"SELECT beatmapset_id, beatmap_id, approved, user_id, checksum, last_update FROM osu_beatmaps WHERE checksum = @MD5Hash OR beatmap_id = @OnlineID OR filename = @Path";
+                        case 1:
+                            // will eventually become irrelevant due to the monthly recycling of local caches
+                            // can be removed 20250221
+                            return queryCacheVersion1(db, beatmapInfo, out onlineMetadata);
 
-                        cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqliteParameter(@"@MD5Hash", beatmapInfo.MD5Hash));
-                        cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqliteParameter(@"@OnlineID", beatmapInfo.OnlineID));
-                        cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqliteParameter(@"@Path", beatmapInfo.Path));
-
-                        using (var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
-                        {
-                            if (reader.Read())
-                            {
-                                logForModel(beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet, $@"Cached local retrieval for {beatmapInfo}.");
-
-                                onlineMetadata = new OnlineBeatmapMetadata
-                                {
-                                    BeatmapSetID = reader.GetInt32(0),
-                                    BeatmapID = reader.GetInt32(1),
-                                    BeatmapStatus = (BeatmapOnlineStatus)reader.GetByte(2),
-                                    BeatmapSetStatus = (BeatmapOnlineStatus)reader.GetByte(2),
-                                    AuthorID = reader.GetInt32(3),
-                                    MD5Hash = reader.GetString(4),
-                                    LastUpdated = reader.GetDateTimeOffset(5),
-                                    // TODO: DateSubmitted and DateRanked are not provided by local cache.
-                                };
-                                return true;
-                            }
-                        }
+                        case 2:
+                            return queryCacheVersion2(db, beatmapInfo, out onlineMetadata);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -211,6 +191,115 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             });
         }
 
+        private int getCacheVersion(SqliteConnection connection)
+        {
+            using (var cmd = connection.CreateCommand())
+            {
+                cmd.CommandText = @"SELECT COUNT(1) FROM `sqlite_master` WHERE `type` = 'table' AND `name` = 'schema_version'";
+
+                using var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
+
+                if (!reader.Read())
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Error when attempting to check for existence of `schema_version` table.");
+
+                // No versioning table means that this is the very first version of the schema.
+                if (reader.GetInt32(0) == 0)
+                    return 1;
+            }
+
+            using (var cmd = connection.CreateCommand())
+            {
+                cmd.CommandText = @"SELECT `number` FROM `schema_version`";
+
+                using var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
+
+                if (!reader.Read())
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Error when attempting to query schema version.");
+
+                return reader.GetInt32(0);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private bool queryCacheVersion1(SqliteConnection db, BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, out OnlineBeatmapMetadata? onlineMetadata)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet != null);
+
+            using var cmd = db.CreateCommand();
+
+            cmd.CommandText =
+                @"SELECT beatmapset_id, beatmap_id, approved, user_id, checksum, last_update FROM osu_beatmaps WHERE checksum = @MD5Hash OR beatmap_id = @OnlineID OR filename = @Path";
+
+            cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqliteParameter(@"@MD5Hash", beatmapInfo.MD5Hash));
+            cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqliteParameter(@"@OnlineID", beatmapInfo.OnlineID));
+            cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqliteParameter(@"@Path", beatmapInfo.Path));
+
+            using var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
+
+            if (reader.Read())
+            {
+                logForModel(beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet, $@"Cached local retrieval for {beatmapInfo} (cache version 1).");
+
+                onlineMetadata = new OnlineBeatmapMetadata
+                {
+                    BeatmapSetID = reader.GetInt32(0),
+                    BeatmapID = reader.GetInt32(1),
+                    BeatmapStatus = (BeatmapOnlineStatus)reader.GetByte(2),
+                    BeatmapSetStatus = (BeatmapOnlineStatus)reader.GetByte(2),
+                    AuthorID = reader.GetInt32(3),
+                    MD5Hash = reader.GetString(4),
+                    LastUpdated = reader.GetDateTimeOffset(5),
+                    // TODO: DateSubmitted and DateRanked are not provided by local cache in this version.
+                };
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            onlineMetadata = null;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private bool queryCacheVersion2(SqliteConnection db, BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, out OnlineBeatmapMetadata? onlineMetadata)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet != null);
+
+            using var cmd = db.CreateCommand();
+
+            cmd.CommandText =
+                """
+                SELECT `b`.`beatmapset_id`, `b`.`beatmap_id`, `b`.`approved`, `b`.`user_id`, `b`.`checksum`, `b`.`last_update`, `s`.`submit_date`, `s`.`approved_date`
+                FROM `osu_beatmaps` AS `b`
+                JOIN `osu_beatmapsets` AS `s` ON `s`.`beatmapset_id` = `b`.`beatmapset_id`
+                WHERE `b`.`checksum` = @MD5Hash OR `b`.`beatmap_id` = @OnlineID OR `b`.`filename` = @Path
+                """;
+
+            cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqliteParameter(@"@MD5Hash", beatmapInfo.MD5Hash));
+            cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqliteParameter(@"@OnlineID", beatmapInfo.OnlineID));
+            cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqliteParameter(@"@Path", beatmapInfo.Path));
+
+            using var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
+
+            if (reader.Read())
+            {
+                logForModel(beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet, $@"Cached local retrieval for {beatmapInfo} (cache version 2).");
+
+                onlineMetadata = new OnlineBeatmapMetadata
+                {
+                    BeatmapSetID = reader.GetInt32(0),
+                    BeatmapID = reader.GetInt32(1),
+                    BeatmapStatus = (BeatmapOnlineStatus)reader.GetByte(2),
+                    BeatmapSetStatus = (BeatmapOnlineStatus)reader.GetByte(2),
+                    AuthorID = reader.GetInt32(3),
+                    MD5Hash = reader.GetString(4),
+                    LastUpdated = reader.GetDateTimeOffset(5),
+                    DateSubmitted = reader.GetDateTimeOffset(6),
+                    DateRanked = reader.GetDateTimeOffset(7),
+                };
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            onlineMetadata = null;
+            return false;
+        }
+
         private static void log(string message)
             => Logger.Log($@"[{nameof(LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource)}] {message}", LoggingTarget.Database);