diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f10c2e1d13210d67d16d584637c0fb7b71d61eec..8d4baa2e5221c23ff57a227a94dae4ae3859ec83 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1380,6 +1380,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http_client",
  "markdown_preview",
  "release_channel",
+ "semver",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "smol",
diff --git a/crates/auto_update_ui/Cargo.toml b/crates/auto_update_ui/Cargo.toml
index 0e31f94f5ee268cdc3274dea747bd0b05d9c80eb..2b1421e35dcbcf6fac40cd0e97a3dc839da58d9e 100644
--- a/crates/auto_update_ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/auto_update_ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ gpui.workspace = true
 http_client.workspace = true
 markdown_preview.workspace = true
 release_channel.workspace = true
+semver.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 smol.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/auto_update_ui/src/auto_update_ui.rs b/crates/auto_update_ui/src/auto_update_ui.rs
index aeaa6ae93e635a6cab1487400fb58bd7be1bc6e1..6c32ee3b6c9b9c4974a287ff0e9a988472cecf3b 100644
--- a/crates/auto_update_ui/src/auto_update_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/auto_update_ui/src/auto_update_ui.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ pub fn notify_if_app_was_updated(cx: &mut App) {
         let should_show_notification = should_show_notification.await?;
         if should_show_notification {
             cx.update(|cx| {
-                let version = updater.read(cx).current_version();
+                let mut version = updater.read(cx).current_version();
+                version.build = semver::BuildMetadata::EMPTY;
+                version.pre = semver::Prerelease::EMPTY;
                 let app_name = ReleaseChannel::global(cx).display_name();
                 show_app_notification(
                     NotificationId::unique::<UpdateNotification>(),
diff --git a/crates/release_channel/src/lib.rs b/crates/release_channel/src/lib.rs
index e84bf91c1db5e891abae0aeb67089cc40b1ec009..65201ccc46caccdf4912b69fa296d468dfdea95d 100644
--- a/crates/release_channel/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/release_channel/src/lib.rs
@@ -90,11 +90,19 @@ impl AppVersion {
         } else {
             pkg_version.parse().expect("invalid version in Cargo.toml")
         };
+        let mut pre = String::from(RELEASE_CHANNEL.dev_name());
+
         if let Some(build_id) = build_id {
-            version.pre = semver::Prerelease::new(&build_id).expect("Invalid build identifier");
+            pre.push('.');
+            pre.push_str(&build_id);
         }
+
         if let Some(sha) = commit_sha {
-            version.build = semver::BuildMetadata::new(&sha.0).expect("Invalid build metadata");
+            pre.push('.');
+            pre.push_str(&sha.0);
+        }
+        if let Ok(build) = semver::BuildMetadata::new(&pre) {
+            version.build = build;
         }
 
         version