diff --git a/.changeset/curly-beers-compete.md b/.changeset/curly-beers-compete.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57ae8984f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/curly-beers-compete.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"@ui5-language-assistant/context": patch
+"@ui5-language-assistant/fe": patch
+"vscode-ui5-language-assistant": patch
+"@ui5-language-assistant/vscode-ui5-language-assistant-bas-ext": patch
+---
+
+Code completion for context path is disabled, S/4 version placeholder in manifest's minUI5Version property defaults to the latest available version
diff --git a/packages/context/src/types.ts b/packages/context/src/types.ts
index 1f03346e4..c3d08ea16 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/types.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { FetchResponse } from "@ui5-language-assistant/logic-utils";
 
 export const DEFAULT_UI5_FRAMEWORK = "SAPUI5";
 export const DEFAULT_UI5_VERSION = "1.71.49";
+export const UI5_VERSION_S4_PLACEHOLDER = "${sap.ui5.dist.version}";
 export const UI5_FRAMEWORK_CDN_BASE_URL = {
   OpenUI5: "https://sdk.openui5.org/",
   SAPUI5: "https://ui5.sap.com/",
diff --git a/packages/context/src/ui5-model.ts b/packages/context/src/ui5-model.ts
index 6fa3567a8..be4d3391a 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/ui5-model.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/ui5-model.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   Json,
   TypeNameFix,
 } from "@ui5-language-assistant/semantic-model";
-import { Fetcher } from "./types";
+import { Fetcher, UI5_VERSION_S4_PLACEHOLDER } from "./types";
 import { fetch } from "@ui5-language-assistant/logic-utils";
 import {
   getLibraryAPIJsonUrl,
@@ -262,12 +262,16 @@ async function getVersionInfo(
   let versionInfo = await readFromCache(cacheFilePath);
   if (versionInfo === undefined) {
     const url = await getVersionInfoUrl(framework, version);
-    const response = await fetcher(url);
-    if (response.ok) {
-      versionInfo = await response.json();
-      writeToCache(cacheFilePath, versionInfo);
-    } else {
-      getLogger().error("Could not read version information", {
+    try {
+      const response = await fetcher(url);
+      if (response.ok) {
+        versionInfo = await response.json();
+        writeToCache(cacheFilePath, versionInfo);
+      } else {
+        throw new Error(`Version info request has failed (${url})`);
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      getLogger().error("Could not read version information. " + e, {
         url,
       });
     }
@@ -361,11 +365,18 @@ export async function negotiateVersionWithFetcher(
   // try to negotiate version
   let isFallback = false;
   let isIncorrectVersion = false;
+  let useLatestVersion = false;
   let versions = versionMap[framework];
 
   let adjustedVersion: string = version || DEFAULT_UI5_VERSION;
 
-  if (version && !isVersionSupported(version)) {
+  if (version === UI5_VERSION_S4_PLACEHOLDER) {
+    useLatestVersion = true;
+    adjustedVersion = version;
+    getLogger().warn(
+      `The version specified as minUI5Version in your manifest.json is not supported by Language Assistant, the latest available version is used instead`
+    );
+  } else if (version && !isVersionSupported(version)) {
     // version is out of support in LA, using default version
     getLogger().warn(
       `The version specified as minUI5Version in your manifest.json is not supported by Language Assistant, the fallback version ${DEFAULT_UI5_VERSION} is used instead`
@@ -388,6 +399,7 @@ export async function negotiateVersionWithFetcher(
       isIncorrectVersion = true;
     }
   } else if (
+    useLatestVersion ||
     !(await getVersionInfo(
       versionInfoJsonFetcher,
       modelCachePath,
@@ -427,7 +439,7 @@ export async function negotiateVersionWithFetcher(
     }
     // coerce the version (check for invalid version, which indicates development scenario)
     const parsedVersion = semver.coerce(adjustedVersion);
-    if (parsedVersion) {
+    if (!useLatestVersion && parsedVersion) {
       if (versions[`${parsedVersion.major}.${parsedVersion.minor}`]) {
         // lookup for a valid major.minor entry
         adjustedVersion =
@@ -453,7 +465,7 @@ export async function negotiateVersionWithFetcher(
         isIncorrectVersion = true;
       }
     } else {
-      // development scenario => use latest version
+      // development scenario or version placeholder in manifest found => use latest version
       adjustedVersion = versions["latest"].version;
       isIncorrectVersion = true;
     }
diff --git a/packages/context/test/unit/ui5-model.test.ts b/packages/context/test/unit/ui5-model.test.ts
index 919fb74af..70f6fb10c 100644
--- a/packages/context/test/unit/ui5-model.test.ts
+++ b/packages/context/test/unit/ui5-model.test.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ describe("the UI5 language assistant ui5 model", () => {
   const FRAMEWORK = "SAPUI5";
   const OPEN_FRAMEWORK = "OpenUI5";
   const VERSION = "1.71.49";
+  const UI5_VERSION_S4_PLACEHOLDER = "${sap.ui5.dist.version}";
   const NO_CACHE_FOLDER = undefined;
 
   function assertSemanticModel(ui5Model: UI5SemanticModel): void {
@@ -623,5 +624,22 @@ describe("the UI5 language assistant ui5 model", () => {
       expect(objNegotiatedVersionWithFetcher.isFallback).toBeFalse();
       expect(objNegotiatedVersionWithFetcher.isIncorrectVersion).toBeTrue();
     });
+
+    it("resolve unsupported version placeholder - S/4 generator artifact (should be latest)", async () => {
+      const objNegotiatedVersionWithFetcher = await negotiateVersionWithFetcher(
+        async (): Promise<FetchResponse> => {
+          return createResponse(true, 200, versionMap[OPEN_FRAMEWORK]);
+        },
+        async (): Promise<FetchResponse> => {
+          return createResponse(false, 404);
+        },
+        cachePath,
+        FRAMEWORK,
+        UI5_VERSION_S4_PLACEHOLDER
+      );
+      expect(objNegotiatedVersionWithFetcher.version).toEqual("1.105.0");
+      expect(objNegotiatedVersionWithFetcher.isFallback).toBeFalse();
+      expect(objNegotiatedVersionWithFetcher.isIncorrectVersion).toBeTrue();
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/fe/src/services/completion/providers/context-path.ts b/packages/fe/src/services/completion/providers/context-path.ts
index 0cb720167..17228443a 100644
--- a/packages/fe/src/services/completion/providers/context-path.ts
+++ b/packages/fe/src/services/completion/providers/context-path.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ export function contextPathSuggestions({
     context.ui5Model
   );
 
+  // provider is blocked and is used in tests only
+  // reserved for the future to be reused in binding expressions
+  if (!(context as unknown as { forTest: boolean }).forTest) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
   if (
     ui5Property?.library === SAP_FE_MACROS &&
     ui5Property.name === "contextPath"
diff --git a/packages/fe/test/unit/services/completion/providers/context-path.test.ts b/packages/fe/test/unit/services/completion/providers/context-path.test.ts
index 555ac5f55..599495ab4 100644
--- a/packages/fe/test/unit/services/completion/providers/context-path.test.ts
+++ b/packages/fe/test/unit/services/completion/providers/context-path.test.ts
@@ -81,13 +81,28 @@ describe("contextPath attribute value completion", () => {
       annoFileSegmentsCDS,
       annotationSnippetCDS
     );
-    getCompletionResult = getViewCompletionProvider(
+
+    const provider = getViewCompletionProvider(
       framework,
       viewFilePathSegments,
       documentPath,
       uri,
       settings
     );
+
+    getCompletionResult = (
+      snippet: string,
+      contextAdapter?: (context: Context) => Context
+    ) => {
+      const testAdapter = (context: Context) => {
+        const result: Context = contextAdapter
+          ? contextAdapter(context)
+          : context;
+        return { ...result, forTest: true } as Context;
+      };
+
+      return provider(snippet, testAdapter);
+    };
   }, 5 * 60000);
 
   describe("contextPath completion", () => {