diff --git a/script/lib/create-windows-installer.js b/script/lib/create-windows-installer.js
index ae123c319..8a0dc0f61 100644
--- a/script/lib/create-windows-installer.js
+++ b/script/lib/create-windows-installer.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module.exports = function (packagedAppPath, codeSign) {
     iconUrl: `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/atom/atom/master/resources/app-icons/${CONFIG.channel}/atom.ico`,
     loadingGif: path.join(CONFIG.repositoryRootPath, 'resources', 'win', 'loading.gif'),
     outputDirectory: CONFIG.buildOutputPath,
-    remoteReleases: `https://atom.io/api/updates${archSuffix}`,
+    remoteReleases: `https://atom.io/api/updates${archSuffix}?version=${CONFIG.appMetadata.version}`,
     setupIcon: path.join(CONFIG.repositoryRootPath, 'resources', 'app-icons', CONFIG.channel, 'atom.ico')
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main-process/auto-update-manager.coffee b/src/main-process/auto-update-manager.coffee
index 8fdba844d..ff29dd3d6 100644
--- a/src/main-process/auto-update-manager.coffee
+++ b/src/main-process/auto-update-manager.coffee
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class AutoUpdateManager
   setupAutoUpdater: ->
     if process.platform is 'win32'
       archSuffix = if process.arch is 'ia32' then '' else '-' + process.arch
-      @feedUrl = "https://atom.io/api/updates#{archSuffix}"
+      @feedUrl = "https://atom.io/api/updates#{archSuffix}?version=#{@version}"
       autoUpdater = require './auto-updater-win32'
     else
       @feedUrl = "https://atom.io/api/updates?version=#{@version}"