diff --git a/patches/11-update-use-github-release.patch b/patches/11-update-use-github-release.patch
index 4622142..cb43178 100644
--- a/patches/11-update-use-github-release.patch
+++ b/patches/11-update-use-github-release.patch
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ index 1afbb0d3..87c877fd 100644
 +	| "user";
 \ No newline at end of file
 diff --git a/src/vs/platform/update/electron-main/abstractUpdateService.ts b/src/vs/platform/update/electron-main/abstractUpdateService.ts
-index 09971caf..92552866 100644
+index 09971caf..9ae70a23 100644
 --- a/src/vs/platform/update/electron-main/abstractUpdateService.ts
 +++ b/src/vs/platform/update/electron-main/abstractUpdateService.ts
 @@ -19,3 +19,3 @@ import { ILogService } from '../../log/common/log.js';
@@ -57,13 +57,12 @@ index 09971caf..92552866 100644
 -import { IRequestService } from '../../request/common/request.js';
 +import { asJson, IRequestService, NO_FETCH_TELEMETRY } from '../../request/common/request.js';
  import { StorageScope, StorageTarget } from '../../storage/common/storage.js';
-@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ import { IApplicationStorageMainService } from '../../storage/electron-main/stor
+@@ -23,3 +23,3 @@ import { IApplicationStorageMainService } from '../../storage/electron-main/stor
  import { ITelemetryService } from '../../telemetry/common/telemetry.js';
 -import { AvailableForDownload, DisablementReason, IUpdateService, State, StateType, UpdateType } from '../common/update.js';
 +import { Architecture, AvailableForDownload, DisablementReason, IUpdate, IUpdateService, Platform, State, StateType, Target, UpdateType } from '../common/update.js';
-+import * as semver from 'semver';
  
-@@ -32,12 +33,8 @@ export interface IUpdateURLOptions {
+@@ -32,12 +32,8 @@ export interface IUpdateURLOptions {
  
 -export function createUpdateURL(baseUpdateUrl: string, platform: string, quality: string, commit: string, options?: IUpdateURLOptions): string {
 -	const url = new URL(`${baseUpdateUrl}/api/update/${platform}/${quality}/${commit}`);
@@ -81,12 +80,32 @@ index 09971caf..92552866 100644
 -
 -	return url.toString();
  }
-@@ -535,3 +532,3 @@ export abstract class AbstractUpdateService extends Disposable implements IUpdat
+@@ -98,2 +94,19 @@ function isCancellableState(type: StateType): boolean {
+ 
++// Dotted-numeric version compare (release versions only — no prerelease or
++// build-metadata handling needed for the normalized x.y.z strings compared
++// below). Local so the packaged main process doesn't need the `semver`
++// package, which is no longer in upstream's production dependency tree.
++function compareVersions(a: string, b: string): number {
++	const pa = a.split('-')[0].split('.').map(Number);
++	const pb = b.split('-')[0].split('.').map(Number);
++	for (let i = 0; i < Math.max(pa.length, pb.length); i++) {
++		const na = pa[i] ?? 0;
++		const nb = pb[i] ?? 0;
++		if (na !== nb) {
++			return na < nb ? -1 : 1;
++		}
++	}
++	return 0;
++}
++
+ export abstract class AbstractUpdateService extends Disposable implements IUpdateService {
+@@ -535,3 +548,3 @@ export abstract class AbstractUpdateService extends Disposable implements IUpdat
  
 -		if (mode === 'none') {
 +		if (mode === 'none' || mode === 'manual') {
  			return undefined;
-@@ -545,17 +542,37 @@ export abstract class AbstractUpdateService extends Disposable implements IUpdat
+@@ -545,17 +558,37 @@ export abstract class AbstractUpdateService extends Disposable implements IUpdat
  
 +		return this._isLatestVersion(url, false)
 +			.then((result) => {
@@ -131,7 +150,7 @@ index 09971caf..92552866 100644
 +
 +				this.logService.info('update#isLatestVersion() - found version', fetchedVersion, currentVersion);
 +
-+				const lastest = semver.compareBuild(currentVersion, fetchedVersion) >= 0;
++				const lastest = compareVersions(currentVersion, fetchedVersion) >= 0;
 +
 +				return Promise.resolve({ lastest, update });
 +			})