diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index abc0d441b..bdb869d5e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - Release 2.4.5 🍧️ ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
 - Added `TorrentPier instance hash` generation [\#1726](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier/pull/1726) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
 - Added `m4a` extension support in M3U playback [\#1724](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier/pull/1724) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
+- Created `VersionHelper.php` [\#1731](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier/pull/1731) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
 - Drop Ocelot announcer support 🫡 [\#1727](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier/pull/1727) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
 - Show torrent's announcers list in `filelist.php` page [\#1708](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier/pull/1708) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
 - [PHP 8.4] Fixed some deprecations [\#1718](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier/pull/1718) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
diff --git a/library/includes/datastore/build_check_updates.php b/library/includes/datastore/build_check_updates.php
index 874506e14..12ef71140 100644
--- a/library/includes/datastore/build_check_updates.php
+++ b/library/includes/datastore/build_check_updates.php
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ $data = [];
 $updaterDownloader = new \TorrentPier\Updater();
 $updaterDownloader = $updaterDownloader->getLastVersion($bb_cfg['tp_updater_settings']['allow_pre_releases']);
 
-$getVersion = versionFormatter($updaterDownloader['tag_name']);
-$currentVersion = versionFormatter($bb_cfg['tp_version']);
+$getVersion = \TorrentPier\Helpers\VersionHelper::removerPrefix($updaterDownloader['tag_name']);
+$currentVersion = \TorrentPier\Helpers\VersionHelper::removerPrefix($bb_cfg['tp_version']);
 
 // Has update!
 if (\z4kn4fein\SemVer\Version::greaterThan($getVersion, $currentVersion)) {
diff --git a/library/includes/functions.php b/library/includes/functions.php
index 31c5186f4..9a2f8860d 100644
--- a/library/includes/functions.php
+++ b/library/includes/functions.php
@@ -2157,20 +2157,6 @@ function readUpdaterFile(): array|bool
     return json_decode(file_get_contents(UPDATER_FILE), true);
 }
 
-/**
- * Version formatter
- *
- * @param string $version
- * @return string
- */
-function versionFormatter(string $version): string
-{
-    $version = trim($version);
-    $version = mb_strtolower($version, 'UTF-8');
-
-    return str_replace('v', '', $version);
-}
-
 /**
  * IP Geolocation API
  *
diff --git a/src/Helpers/VersionHelper.php b/src/Helpers/VersionHelper.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..665342407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Helpers/VersionHelper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * TorrentPier – Bull-powered BitTorrent tracker engine
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2024 TorrentPier (https://torrentpier.com)
+ * @link      https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier for the canonical source repository
+ * @license   https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier/blob/master/LICENSE MIT License
+ */
+
+namespace TorrentPier\Helpers;
+
+/**
+ * Class VersionHelper
+ * @package TorrentPier\Helpers
+ */
+class VersionHelper
+{
+    /**
+     * Version prefix
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private const VERSION_PREFIX = 'v';
+
+    /**
+     * Returns version without prefix (v)
+     *
+     * @param string $version
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function removerPrefix(string $version): string
+    {
+        $version = trim($version);
+        $version = mb_strtolower($version, 'UTF-8');
+        return str_replace(self::VERSION_PREFIX, '', $version);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns version with prefix (v)
+     *
+     * @param string $version
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function addPrefix(string $version): string
+    {
+        return self::VERSION_PREFIX . trim($version);
+    }
+}