diff --git a/internal/update/semver.go b/internal/update/semver.go
index 564c3dc5..32d864d3 100644
--- a/internal/update/semver.go
+++ b/internal/update/semver.go
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@
 package update
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	"golang.org/x/mod/semver"
 
 	"github.com/slackapi/slack-cli/internal/slackerror"
 )
 
-// SemVerGreaterThan returns true if release is greater than current
+// SemVerGreaterThan returns true if release is greater than current, ignoring
+// prerelease and development suffixes of current
 func SemVerGreaterThan(release string, current string) (bool, error) {
 	r := ensureVPrefix(release)
 	c := ensureVPrefix(current)
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ func SemVerGreaterThan(release string, current string) (bool, error) {
 		return false, slackerror.New(slackerror.ErrInvalidSemVer).
 			WithMessage("Value %s is not a semantic version", current)
 	}
+	c = strings.TrimSuffix(semver.Canonical(c), semver.Prerelease(c))
 	return semver.Compare(r, c) > 0, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/update/semver_test.go b/internal/update/semver_test.go
index 348a0cd4..fe005038 100644
--- a/internal/update/semver_test.go
+++ b/internal/update/semver_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,21 @@ func Test_Update_SemVerGreaterThan(t *testing.T) {
 			v2:       "2.0.1",
 			expected: false,
 		},
+		"same release of a development build is not greater": {
+			v1:       "v4.11.0",
+			v2:       "v4.11.0-9-g154975a",
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		"newer release of a development build is greater": {
+			v1:       "v4.12.0",
+			v2:       "v4.11.0-9-g154975a",
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		"same release of a feature build is not greater": {
+			v1:       "v4.11.0",
+			v2:       "v4.11.0-example-feature",
+			expected: false,
+		},
 		"invalid first version errors": {
 			v1:  "dev",
 			v2:  "2.0.1",