diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 703038081..8fe044973 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ Other fixes:
  - GBA: Fix forceskip BIOS logic for multiboot ROMs (fixes mgba.io/i/2753)
  - GBA Cheats: Fix issues detecting unencrypted cheats (fixes mgba.io/i/2724)
  - 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)
  - Qt: Fix scanning specific e-Reader dotcodes (fixes mgba.io/i/2693)
  - Qt: Don't re-enable sync if GBA link modes aren't the same (fixes mgba.io/i/2044)
  - Qt: Improve handling of multiplayer syncing (fixes mgba.io/i/2720)
  - Qt: Fix initializing update revision info
+ - Qt: Redo stable branch detection heuristic (fixes mgba.io/i/2679)
  - Res: Fix species name location in Ruby/Sapphire revs 1/2 (fixes mgba.io/i/2685)
  - VFS: Fix minizip write returning 0 on success instead of size
 Misc:
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/ApplicationUpdater.cpp b/src/platform/qt/ApplicationUpdater.cpp
index e2d1e5e4c..21def050c 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/ApplicationUpdater.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/ApplicationUpdater.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QRegularExpression>
 
 #include "ApplicationUpdatePrompt.h"
 #include "ConfigController.h"
@@ -71,9 +72,10 @@ QStringList ApplicationUpdater::listChannels() {
 }
 
 QString ApplicationUpdater::currentChannel() {
-	QLatin1String version(projectVersion);
-	QLatin1String branch(gitBranch);
-	if (branch == QLatin1String("heads/") + version || branch == version) {
+	QString version(projectVersion);
+	QString branch(gitBranch);
+	QRegularExpression stable("^(?:(?:refs/)?(?:tags|heads)/)?[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+$");
+	if (branch.contains(stable) || (branch == "(unknown)" && version.contains(stable))) {
 		return QLatin1String("stable");
 	} else {
 		return QLatin1String("dev");