diff --git a/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts b/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
index d6626b3390..1856394a93 100644
--- a/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ export class UserStore extends BaseStore<UserStoreModel> /* implements UserStore
     return this.shell || process.env.SHELL || process.env.PTYSHELL;
   }
 
-  readonly isAllowedToDowngrade = new SemVer(getAppVersion()).prerelease[0] !== "latest";
+  @computed get isAllowedToDowngrade() {
+    return new SemVer(getAppVersion()).prerelease[0] !== this.updateChannel;
+  }
 
   startMainReactions() {
     // track telemetry availability
diff --git a/src/main/app-updater.ts b/src/main/app-updater.ts
index 3813d24bf1..dffe3b9999 100644
--- a/src/main/app-updater.ts
+++ b/src/main/app-updater.ts
@@ -131,9 +131,13 @@ export const startUpdateChecking = once(function (interval = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24
 });
 
 export async function checkForUpdates(): Promise<void> {
+  const userStore = UserStore.getInstance();
+
   try {
     logger.info(`📡 Checking for app updates`);
 
+    autoUpdater.channel = userStore.updateChannel;
+    autoUpdater.allowDowngrade = userStore.isAllowedToDowngrade;
     await autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error(`${AutoUpdateLogPrefix}: failed with an error`, { error: String(error) });