diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17828f75..7b4a28c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 * apt: hold packages only if package is installed
 * certbot: commit hook must be executed at the end
 * elasticsearch: listen on local interface only by default
-* evocheck: upstream version 19.11.2
+* evocheck: upstream verison 20.02.1
 * evocheck: cron jobs execute in verbose
 * evolinux-base: use "evolinux_internal_group" for SSH authentication
 * evomaintenance: Turn on API by default (instead of DB)
diff --git a/evocheck/files/evocheck.sh b/evocheck/files/evocheck.sh
index b351081d..93c5a8d4 100644
--- a/evocheck/files/evocheck.sh
+++ b/evocheck/files/evocheck.sh
@@ -659,11 +659,7 @@ check_muninrunning() {
 }
 # Check if files in /home/backup/ are up-to-date
 check_backupuptodate() {
-    # find local backup directory
-    backup_dir=$(grep --no-messages 'LOCAL_BACKUP_DIR=' /etc/cron.daily/zzz_evobackup | tr -d \" | cut -d= -f2)
-    if [ -z "${backup_dir}" ]; then
-        backup_dir="/home/backup"
-    fi
+    backup_dir="/home/backup"
     if [ -d "${backup_dir}" ]; then
         if [ -n "$(ls -A ${backup_dir})" ]; then
             for file in ${backup_dir}/*; do
@@ -758,7 +754,7 @@ check_tune2fs_m5() {
 check_evolinuxsudogroup() {
     if is_debian_stretch || is_debian_buster; then
         if grep -q "^evolinux-sudo:" /etc/group; then
-            grep -q '^%evolinux-sudo  ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL' /etc/sudoers.d/evolinux \
+            grep -qE '^%evolinux-sudo +ALL ?= ?\(ALL:ALL\) ALL' /etc/sudoers.d/evolinux \
                 || failed "IS_EVOLINUXSUDOGROUP" "missing evolinux-sudo directive in sudoers file"
         fi
     fi
@@ -1464,7 +1460,7 @@ readonly PROGDIR=$(realpath -m "$(dirname "$0")")
 # shellcheck disable=2124
 readonly ARGS=$@
 
-readonly VERSION="19.11.2"
+readonly VERSION="20.02.1"
 
 # Disable LANG*
 export LANG=C