diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 59467e569..745789d4d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 0.11.0: (Future)
 Other fixes:
  - Qt: Manually split filename to avoid overzealous splitting (fixes mgba.io/i/2681)
+ - Qt: Expand criteria for tag branch names (fixes mgba.io/i/2679)
  - Res: Fix species name location in Ruby/Sapphire revs 1/2 (fixes mgba.io/i/2685)
 
 0.10.0: (2022-10-11)
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/ApplicationUpdater.cpp b/src/platform/qt/ApplicationUpdater.cpp
index f26e58101..4225bd7ee 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/ApplicationUpdater.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/ApplicationUpdater.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ QStringList ApplicationUpdater::listChannels() {
 QString ApplicationUpdater::currentChannel() {
 	QLatin1String version(projectVersion);
 	QLatin1String branch(gitBranch);
-	if (branch == QLatin1String("heads/") + version) {
+	if (branch == QLatin1String("heads/") + version || branch == version) {
 		return QLatin1String("stable");
 	} else {
 		return QLatin1String("dev");