diff --git a/src/common/ipc/update-available.ts b/src/common/ipc/update-available.ts
index ed5b18b13d..cdc4144b4a 100644
--- a/src/common/ipc/update-available.ts
+++ b/src/common/ipc/update-available.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { UpdateInfo } from "electron-updater";
 export const UpdateAvailableChannel = "update-available";
 export const AutoUpdateChecking = "auto-update:checking";
 export const AutoUpdateNoUpdateAvailable = "auto-update:no-update";
+export const AutoUpdateQuitAndInstalledChannel = "auto-update:quit-and-install";
 export const AutoUpdateLogPrefix = "[UPDATE-CHECKER]";
 
 export type UpdateAvailableFromMain = [backChannel: string, updateInfo: UpdateInfo];
diff --git a/src/main/app-updater.ts b/src/main/app-updater.ts
index 77daf6b4b6..e3c2fe1146 100644
--- a/src/main/app-updater.ts
+++ b/src/main/app-updater.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function handleAutoUpdateBackChannel(event: Electron.IpcMainEvent, ...[arg]: Upd
   if (arg.doUpdate) {
     if (arg.now) {
       logger.info(`${AutoUpdateLogPrefix}: User chose to update now`);
-      autoUpdater.quitAndInstall(true, true);
+      quitAndInstallUpdate();
     } else {
       logger.info(`${AutoUpdateLogPrefix}: User chose to update on quit`);
     }
@@ -131,3 +131,7 @@ export async function checkForUpdates(): Promise<void> {
     logger.error(`${AutoUpdateLogPrefix}: failed with an error`, error);
   }
 }
+
+export function quitAndInstallUpdate() {
+  autoUpdater.quitAndInstall(true, true);
+}
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