diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 219ccbb3..9517a529 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ # Changelog
 All Sniffnet releases with the relative changes are documented in this file.
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
+- Improve update checks using `semver` ([#891](https://github.com/GyulyVGC/sniffnet/pull/891))
 - Fix AppImage error with `libpcap` dependency ([#971](https://github.com/GyulyVGC/sniffnet/pull/971))
 
 ## [1.4.1] - 2025-09-13
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e49deb2b..a6410bf8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4488,9 +4488,9 @@ checksum = "0f7d95a54511e0c7be3f51e8867aa8cf35148d7b9445d44de2f943e2b206e749"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
-version = "1.0.26"
+version = "1.0.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56e6fa9c48d24d85fb3de5ad847117517440f6beceb7798af16b4a87d616b8d0"
+checksum = "d767eb0aabc880b29956c35734170f26ed551a859dbd361d140cdbeca61ab1e2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6119bcc6..80147007 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ splines = "5.0.0"
 clap = { version = "4.5.47", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.47.1", features = ["macros"] }
 async-channel = "2.5.0"
-semver = "1.0"
-
+semver = "1.0.27"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 gag = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/src/gui/components/footer.rs b/src/gui/components/footer.rs
index 9f54902b..c8a16e3c 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/footer.rs
+++ b/src/gui/components/footer.rs
@@ -27,16 +27,21 @@ pub fn footer<'a>(
     font: Font,
     font_footer: Font,
     newer_release_available: Option<bool>,
-    pulse: u8,
+    dots_pulse: &(String, u8),
 ) -> Container<'a, Message, StyleType> {
     if thumbnail {
         return thumbnail_footer();
     }
 
-    let release_details_row =
-        get_release_details(language, font, font_footer, newer_release_available);
+    let release_details_row = get_release_details(
+        language,
+        font,
+        font_footer,
+        newer_release_available,
+        &dots_pulse.0,
+    );
 
-    let heart_size = match pulse {
+    let heart_size = match dots_pulse.1 {
         1 => 17.0,
         2 => 20.0,
         _ => 14.0,
@@ -203,6 +208,7 @@ fn get_release_details<'a>(
     font: Font,
     font_footer: Font,
     newer_release_available: Option<bool>,
+    dots: &str,
 ) -> Row<'a, Message, StyleType> {
     let mut ret_val = Row::new()
         .align_y(Alignment::Center)
@@ -216,11 +222,15 @@ fn get_release_details<'a>(
     if let Some(boolean_response) = newer_release_available {
         if boolean_response {
             // a newer release is available on GitHub
+            let icon_size = match dots.len() {
+                2 => 16.0,
+                3 => 18.0,
+                _ => 14.0,
+            };
             let button = button(
                 Icon::Update
                     .to_text()
-                    .class(TextType::Danger)
-                    .size(18)
+                    .size(icon_size)
                     .align_x(Alignment::Center)
                     .align_y(Alignment::Center)
                     .line_height(LineHeight::Relative(0.8)),
diff --git a/src/gui/sniffer.rs b/src/gui/sniffer.rs
index e30aea97..14ec3299 100644
--- a/src/gui/sniffer.rs
+++ b/src/gui/sniffer.rs
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ pub fn view(&self) -> Element<'_, Message, StyleType> {
             font,
             font_headers,
             self.newer_release_available,
-            self.dots_pulse.1,
+            &self.dots_pulse,
         );
 
         let content: Element<Message, StyleType> =