diff --git a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index e30da68d1..271932fbc 100644
--- a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1662,11 +1662,11 @@ void MainWindow::handleUpdateCheckFinished(ProgramUpdater *updater, const bool i
         updater->deleteLater();
     };
 
-    const QString newVersion = updater->getNewVersion();
-    if (!newVersion.isEmpty())
+    const auto newVersion = updater->getNewVersion();
+    if (newVersion.isValid())
     {
         const QString msg {tr("A new version is available.") + u"<br/>"
-            + tr("Do you want to download %1?").arg(newVersion) + u"<br/><br/>"
+            + tr("Do you want to download %1?").arg(newVersion.toString()) + u"<br/><br/>"
             + u"<a href=\"https://www.qbittorrent.org/news\">%1</a>"_s.arg(tr("Open changelog..."))};
         auto *msgBox = new QMessageBox {QMessageBox::Question, tr("qBittorrent Update Available"), msg
             , (QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No), this};
diff --git a/src/gui/programupdater.cpp b/src/gui/programupdater.cpp
index 58b1d47b0..dc6965f29 100644
--- a/src/gui/programupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/programupdater.cpp
@@ -49,23 +49,20 @@
 
 namespace
 {
-    bool isVersionMoreRecent(const QString &remoteVersion)
+    bool isVersionMoreRecent(const ProgramUpdater::Version &remoteVersion)
     {
-        using Version = Utils::Version<4, 3>;
-
-        const auto newVersion = Version::fromString(remoteVersion);
-        if (!newVersion.isValid())
+        if (!remoteVersion.isValid())
             return false;
 
-        const Version currentVersion {QBT_VERSION_MAJOR, QBT_VERSION_MINOR, QBT_VERSION_BUGFIX, QBT_VERSION_BUILD};
-        if (newVersion == currentVersion)
+        const ProgramUpdater::Version currentVersion {QBT_VERSION_MAJOR, QBT_VERSION_MINOR, QBT_VERSION_BUGFIX, QBT_VERSION_BUILD};
+        if (remoteVersion == currentVersion)
         {
             const bool isDevVersion = QStringLiteral(QBT_VERSION_STATUS).contains(
                 QRegularExpression(u"(alpha|beta|rc)"_s));
             if (isDevVersion)
                 return true;
         }
-        return (newVersion > currentVersion);
+        return (remoteVersion > currentVersion);
     }
 
     QString buildVariant()
@@ -99,7 +96,7 @@ void ProgramUpdater::checkForUpdates() const
     m_hasCompletedOneReq = false;
 }
 
-QString ProgramUpdater::getNewVersion() const
+ProgramUpdater::Version ProgramUpdater::getNewVersion() const
 {
     return shouldUseFallback() ? m_fallbackRemoteVersion : m_remoteVersion;
 }
@@ -153,9 +150,10 @@ void ProgramUpdater::rssDownloadFinished(const Net::DownloadResult &result)
                     if (!version.isEmpty())
                     {
                         qDebug("Detected version is %s", qUtf8Printable(version));
-                        if (isVersionMoreRecent(version))
+                        const ProgramUpdater::Version tmpVer {version};
+                        if (isVersionMoreRecent(tmpVer))
                         {
-                            m_remoteVersion = version;
+                            m_remoteVersion = tmpVer;
                             m_updateURL = updateLink;
                         }
                     }
@@ -192,9 +190,9 @@ void ProgramUpdater::fallbackDownloadFinished(const Net::DownloadResult &result)
 
     if (const QJsonValue verJSON = json[platformKey][u"version"_s]; verJSON.isString())
     {
-        const auto ver = verJSON.toString();
-        if (isVersionMoreRecent(ver))
-            m_fallbackRemoteVersion = ver;
+        const ProgramUpdater::Version tmpVer {verJSON.toString()};
+        if (isVersionMoreRecent(tmpVer))
+            m_fallbackRemoteVersion = tmpVer;
     }
 
     handleFinishedRequest();
@@ -215,10 +213,5 @@ void ProgramUpdater::handleFinishedRequest()
 
 bool ProgramUpdater::shouldUseFallback() const
 {
-    using Version = Utils::Version<4, 3>;
-
-    const auto remote = Version::fromString(m_remoteVersion);
-    const auto fallback = Version::fromString(m_fallbackRemoteVersion);
-
-    return fallback > remote;
+    return m_fallbackRemoteVersion > m_remoteVersion;
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/programupdater.h b/src/gui/programupdater.h
index 3d046f853..531d12118 100644
--- a/src/gui/programupdater.h
+++ b/src/gui/programupdater.h
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <QObject>
-#include <QString>
 #include <QUrl>
 
+#include "base/utils/version.h"
+
 namespace Net
 {
     struct DownloadResult;
@@ -45,9 +46,10 @@ class ProgramUpdater final : public QObject
 
 public:
     using QObject::QObject;
+    using Version = Utils::Version<4, 3>;
 
     void checkForUpdates() const;
-    QString getNewVersion() const;
+    Version getNewVersion() const;
     bool updateProgram() const;
 
 signals:
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ private:
     bool shouldUseFallback() const;
 
     mutable bool m_hasCompletedOneReq = false;
-    QString m_remoteVersion;
-    QString m_fallbackRemoteVersion;
+    Version m_remoteVersion;
+    Version m_fallbackRemoteVersion;
     QUrl m_updateURL;
 };