diff --git a/lib/gui/app.js b/lib/gui/app.js
index 87da1568..ddb22481 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app.js
+++ b/lib/gui/app.js
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ app.run(() => {
       lastSleptUpdateNotifierVersion: settings.get('lastSleptUpdateNotifierVersion')
     })
 
-    const currentReleaseType = release.getReleaseType(currentVersion)
+    const isStableRelease = release.isStableRelease(currentVersion)
     const updatesEnabled = settings.get('updatesEnabled')
 
     if (!shouldCheckForUpdates || !updatesEnabled) {
       analytics.logEvent('Not checking for updates', {
         shouldCheckForUpdates,
         updatesEnabled,
-        releaseType: currentReleaseType
+        stable: isStableRelease
       })
 
       return Bluebird.resolve()
@@ -119,12 +119,12 @@ app.run(() => {
 
     analytics.logEvent('Checking for updates', {
       currentVersion,
-      releaseType: currentReleaseType,
+      stable: isStableRelease,
       updateSemverRange,
       includeUnstableChannel
     })
 
-    return s3Packages.getLatestVersion(currentReleaseType, {
+    return s3Packages.getLatestVersion(release.getReleaseType(currentVersion), {
       range: updateSemverRange,
       includeUnstableChannel
     }).then((latestVersion) => {
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ app.run(() => {
       })
 
       return updateNotifier.notify(latestVersion, {
-        allowSleepUpdateCheck: currentReleaseType === release.RELEASE_TYPE.PRODUCTION
+        allowSleepUpdateCheck: isStableRelease
       })
 
     // If the error is an update user error, then we don't want
diff --git a/lib/gui/components/update-notifier.js b/lib/gui/components/update-notifier.js
index 9938ff74..0e7315c8 100644
--- a/lib/gui/components/update-notifier.js
+++ b/lib/gui/components/update-notifier.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ exports.shouldCheckForUpdates = (options) => {
 
   if (_.some([
     !options.lastSleptUpdateNotifier,
-    release.getReleaseType(options.currentVersion) !== release.RELEASE_TYPE.PRODUCTION,
+    !release.isStableRelease(options.currentVersion),
     options.currentVersion !== options.lastSleptUpdateNotifierVersion
   ])) {
     return true
diff --git a/lib/shared/release.js b/lib/shared/release.js
index a8b0f81c..39bcf2c1 100644
--- a/lib/shared/release.js
+++ b/lib/shared/release.js
@@ -99,5 +99,9 @@ exports.getReleaseType = (version) => {
  * }
  */
 exports.isStableRelease = (version) => {
-  return _.isEmpty(_.get(semver.parse(version), [ 'prerelease' ]))
+  const parsedVersion = semver.parse(version)
+  return _.every([
+    _.isEmpty(_.get(parsedVersion, [ 'prerelease' ])),
+    _.isEmpty(_.get(parsedVersion, [ 'build' ]))
+  ])
 }
diff --git a/tests/shared/release.spec.js b/tests/shared/release.spec.js
index 7e2aac92..5c38fdbf 100644
--- a/tests/shared/release.spec.js
+++ b/tests/shared/release.spec.js
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ describe('Shared: Release', function () {
       m.chai.expect(release.isStableRelease('1.0.0-beta.1')).to.be.false
     })
 
-    it('should return true if given a snapshot stable version', function () {
-      m.chai.expect(release.isStableRelease('1.0.0+6374412')).to.be.true
+    it('should return false if given a snapshot stable version', function () {
+      m.chai.expect(release.isStableRelease('1.0.0+6374412')).to.be.false
     })
 
     it('should return false if given a snapshot release candidate version', function () {
diff --git a/tests/shared/s3-packages.spec.js b/tests/shared/s3-packages.spec.js
index 5bfc18ea..07b88b81 100644
--- a/tests/shared/s3-packages.spec.js
+++ b/tests/shared/s3-packages.spec.js
@@ -916,12 +916,23 @@ describe('Shared: s3Packages', function () {
         this.getRemoteVersionsStub.restore()
       })
 
-      it('should ignore production versions', function (done) {
-        s3Packages.getLatestVersion(release.RELEASE_TYPE.SNAPSHOT).then((latestVersion) => {
+      it('should ignore production versions if includeUnstableChannel is true', function (done) {
+        s3Packages.getLatestVersion(release.RELEASE_TYPE.SNAPSHOT, {
+          includeUnstableChannel: true
+        }).then((latestVersion) => {
           m.chai.expect(latestVersion).to.equal('1.0.0+abb6139')
           done()
         }).catch(done)
       })
+
+      it('should return undefined if includeUnstableChannel is false', function (done) {
+        s3Packages.getLatestVersion(release.RELEASE_TYPE.SNAPSHOT, {
+          includeUnstableChannel: false
+        }).then((latestVersion) => {
+          m.chai.expect(latestVersion).to.be.undefined
+          done()
+        }).catch(done)
+      })
     })
 
     describe('given a greater snapshot version in a production bucket', function () {