diff --git a/defaults.inc b/defaults.inc
index 91c628c..9d713e2 100755
--- a/defaults.inc
+++ b/defaults.inc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 action="${1:-}"
 FOLDER='/opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu'
-VERS='2026.7.25-54'
+VERS='2026.7.25-55'
 
 noupdate=' '
 
diff --git a/inc/deploy-pulse-lxc.sh b/inc/deploy-pulse-lxc.sh
index c7dc9d3..fe75d30 100644
--- a/inc/deploy-pulse-lxc.sh
+++ b/inc/deploy-pulse-lxc.sh
@@ -561,6 +561,41 @@ json.dump(data, sys.stdout, separators=(",", ":"))
 '
 }
 
+TAPM_PULSE_CREATE_PVE_AUTO_REGISTER_TOKEN() {
+	local token_name="$1"
+	local output_variable="$2"
+	local status_variable="$3"
+	local command_output=''
+	local command_status=0
+
+	if command_output="$(
+		pveum user token add pulse-monitor@pve "$token_name" \
+			--privsep 1 --output-format json 2>&1
+	)"; then
+		command_status=0
+	else
+		command_status=$?
+	fi
+
+	# Older pveum versions reject --output-format and require table parsing.
+	if (( command_status != 0 )) &&
+		grep -Eqi \
+			'unknown option|unknown command|no such option|unable to parse option|output-format' \
+			<<<"$command_output"; then
+		if command_output="$(
+			pveum user token add pulse-monitor@pve "$token_name" \
+				--privsep 1 2>&1
+		)"; then
+			command_status=0
+		else
+			command_status=$?
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	printf -v "$output_variable" '%s' "$command_output"
+	printf -v "$status_variable" '%s' "$command_status"
+}
+
 TAPM_PULSE_REGISTER_CLUSTER() {
 	local ctid="$1"
 	local container_ip="$2"
@@ -582,6 +617,12 @@ TAPM_PULSE_REGISTER_CLUSTER() {
 		# shellcheck disable=SC1090
 		source "$installer"
 		IN_CONTAINER=false
+		# Pulse v6.1.1's helper shadows the caller's token_output and
+		# token_status variables, discarding a successful pveum result.
+		# Override only that helper so auto_register_pve_node receives them.
+		create_pve_auto_register_token() {
+			TAPM_PULSE_CREATE_PVE_AUTO_REGISTER_TOKEN "$@"
+		}
 		# Pulse v6.1.1's installer omits backup_perms from its expected
 		# artifact URLs even when it requests backupPerms=true. That causes it
 		# to reject Pulse's otherwise valid response as "missing setup token."
diff --git a/tests/test-pulse.sh b/tests/test-pulse.sh
index dce502c..1b8d691 100644
--- a/tests/test-pulse.sh
+++ b/tests/test-pulse.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,28 @@ assert_failure "Pulse v6.1.1 compatibility rejects missing setup token" \
 	TAPM_PULSE_NORMALIZE_V611_SETUP_ARTIFACT \
 	'{"type":"pve","host":"https://pve1:8006"}' 'http://10.10.2.30:7655'
 
+test_pve_token_output_assignment() {
+	local token_output=''
+	local token_status=99
+
+	pveum() {
+		printf '%s\n' \
+			'{"full-tokenid":"pulse-monitor@pve!pulse-test","value":"secret-value"}'
+	}
+	TAPM_PULSE_CREATE_PVE_AUTO_REGISTER_TOKEN \
+		'pulse-test' token_output token_status || return 1
+	unset -f pveum
+
+	assert_equal \
+		'{"full-tokenid":"pulse-monitor@pve!pulse-test","value":"secret-value"}' \
+		"$token_output" \
+		"Pulse receives pveum token output"
+	assert_equal 0 "$token_status" "Pulse receives pveum token status"
+}
+
+assert_success "Pulse v6.1.1 pveum output-shadowing workaround" \
+	test_pve_token_output_assignment
+
 nodes_json='[
   {"node":"pve3","status":"offline"},
   {"node":"pve2","status":"online"},