diff --git a/src/update-checker/update-checker.cpp b/src/update-checker/update-checker.cpp
index fff860f6..cb0a110b 100644
--- a/src/update-checker/update-checker.cpp
+++ b/src/update-checker/update-checker.cpp
@@ -13,12 +13,45 @@
 #include "../plugin-support.h"
 
 #include <mutex>
+#include <regex>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 extern "C" const char *PLUGIN_VERSION;
 
 static std::string latestVersionForUpdate;
 static std::mutex latestVersionMutex;
 
+static bool is_newer_version(const std::string& remote, const std::string& local)
+{
+	std::regex version_regex(R"(^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:-([a-zA-Z]+)(?:\.?(\d+))?)?$)");
+	std::smatch remote_match;
+	std::smatch local_match;
+
+	bool remote_valid = std::regex_match(remote, remote_match, version_regex);
+	bool local_valid = std::regex_match(local, local_match, version_regex);
+
+	if (!remote_valid || !local_valid) {
+		// Fallback to basic string comparison if regex fails
+		return remote > local;
+	}
+
+	int remote_major = std::stoi(remote_match[1].str());
+	int remote_minor = std::stoi(remote_match[2].str());
+	int remote_patch = std::stoi(remote_match[3].str());
+
+	int local_major = std::stoi(local_match[1].str());
+	int local_minor = std::stoi(local_match[2].str());
+	int local_patch = std::stoi(local_match[3].str());
+
+	if (remote_major != local_major) {
+		return remote_major > local_major;
+	}
+	if (remote_minor != local_minor) {
+		return remote_minor > local_minor;
+	}
+	return remote_patch > local_patch;
+}
+
 void check_update(void)
 {
 	bool shouldCheckForUpdates = false;
@@ -41,8 +74,8 @@ void check_update(void)
 		}
 		obs_log(LOG_INFO, "Latest release is %s", info.version.c_str());
 
-		if (info.version == PLUGIN_VERSION) {
-			// No update available, latest version is the same as the current version
+		if (!is_newer_version(info.version, PLUGIN_VERSION)) {
+			// No update available, latest version is not newer than the current version
 			std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(latestVersionMutex);
 			latestVersionForUpdate.clear();
 			return;