diff --git a/linphone-app/CMakeLists.txt b/linphone-app/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d884b847..9c82cd0ce 100644
--- a/linphone-app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/linphone-app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 
-project(linphoneqt VERSION 4.2.2)
+project(linphoneqt VERSION 4.2.3)
 
 if(ENABLE_BUILD_VERBOSE)
 	#message("CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}")
diff --git a/linphone-app/src/app/App.cpp b/linphone-app/src/app/App.cpp
index 4b79a5efb..5a50057ca 100644
--- a/linphone-app/src/app/App.cpp
+++ b/linphone-app/src/app/App.cpp
@@ -826,9 +826,21 @@ void App::openAppAfterInit (bool mustBeIconified) {
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
+QString App::getStrippedApplicationVersion(){// x.y.z but if 'z-*' then x.y.z-1
+	QString currentVersion = applicationVersion();
+	QStringList versions = currentVersion.split('.');
+	if(versions.size() >=3){
+		currentVersion = versions[0]+"."+versions[1]+".";
+		QStringList patchVersions = versions[2].split('-');
+		if( patchVersions.size() > 1)
+			currentVersion += QString::number(patchVersions[0].toInt()-1);
+		else
+			currentVersion += patchVersions[0];
+	}
+	return currentVersion;
+}
 void App::checkForUpdate () {
   CoreManager::getInstance()->getCore()->checkForUpdate(
-    Utils::appStringToCoreString(applicationVersion())
+    Utils::appStringToCoreString(getStrippedApplicationVersion())
   );
 }
diff --git a/linphone-app/src/app/App.hpp b/linphone-app/src/app/App.hpp
index a36e74160..c4422056e 100644
--- a/linphone-app/src/app/App.hpp
+++ b/linphone-app/src/app/App.hpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ private:
       emit opened(mIsOpened);
     }
   }
-
+  static QString getStrippedApplicationVersion();// x.y.z but if 'z-*' then x.y.z-1
   static void checkForUpdate ();
 
   static QString getQtVersion () {