diff --git a/.changeset/calm-berries-trade.md b/.changeset/calm-berries-trade.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9442bd89ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/calm-berries-trade.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"@trigger.dev/sdk": patch
+"trigger.dev": patch
+"@trigger.dev/build": patch
+"@trigger.dev/core": patch
+---
+
+Fixing false-positive package version mismatches
diff --git a/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/update.ts b/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/update.ts
index f22fe9fd3e..c8262da2f2 100644
--- a/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/update.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/update.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { confirm, intro, isCancel, log, outro } from "@clack/prompts";
 import { Command } from "commander";
 import { detectPackageManager, installDependencies } from "nypm";
-import { resolve } from "path";
+import { basename, dirname, resolve } from "path";
 import { PackageJson, readPackageJSON, resolvePackageJSON } from "pkg-types";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { CommonCommandOptions, OutroCommandError, wrapCommandAction } from "../cli/common.js";
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { logger } from "../utilities/logger.js";
 import { spinner } from "../utilities/windows.js";
 import { VERSION } from "../version.js";
 import { hasTTY } from "std-env";
+import nodeResolve from "resolve";
 
 export const UpdateCommandOptions = CommonCommandOptions.pick({
   logLevel: true,
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ export async function updateTriggerPackages(
   let hasOutput = false;
   const cliVersion = VERSION;
 
-  if (cliVersion.startsWith("0.0.0")) {
+  if (cliVersion.startsWith("0.0.0") && process.env.ENABLE_PRERELEASE_UPDATE_CHECKS !== "1") {
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -83,7 +84,9 @@ export async function updateTriggerPackages(
     hasOutput = true;
   }
 
-  const triggerDependencies = getTriggerDependencies(packageJson);
+  const triggerDependencies = await getTriggerDependencies(packageJson, packageJsonPath);
+
+  logger.debug("Resolved trigger deps", { triggerDependencies });
 
   function getVersionMismatches(
     deps: Dependency[],
@@ -268,7 +271,10 @@ type Dependency = {
   version: string;
 };
 
-function getTriggerDependencies(packageJson: PackageJson): Dependency[] {
+async function getTriggerDependencies(
+  packageJson: PackageJson,
+  packageJsonPath: string
+): Promise<Dependency[]> {
   const deps: Dependency[] = [];
 
   for (const type of ["dependencies", "devDependencies"] as const) {
@@ -291,13 +297,41 @@ function getTriggerDependencies(packageJson: PackageJson): Dependency[] {
         continue;
       }
 
-      deps.push({ type, name, version });
+      const $version = await tryResolveTriggerPackageVersion(name, packageJsonPath);
+
+      deps.push({ type, name, version: $version ?? version });
     }
   }
 
   return deps;
 }
 
+async function tryResolveTriggerPackageVersion(
+  name: string,
+  packageJsonPath: string
+): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  try {
+    const resolvedPath = nodeResolve.sync(name, {
+      basedir: dirname(packageJsonPath),
+    });
+
+    logger.debug(`Resolved ${name} package version path`, { name, resolvedPath });
+
+    // IMPORTANT: keep the two dirname calls, as the first one resolves the nested package.json inside dist/commonjs or dist/esm
+    const { packageJson } = await getPackageJson(dirname(dirname(resolvedPath)));
+
+    if (packageJson.version) {
+      logger.debug(`Resolved ${name} package version`, { name, version: packageJson.version });
+      return packageJson.version;
+    }
+
+    return;
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.debug("Failed to resolve package version", { name, error });
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
 function mutatePackageJsonWithUpdatedPackages(
   packageJson: PackageJson,
   depsToUpdate: Dependency[],
diff --git a/scripts/publish-prerelease.sh b/scripts/publish-prerelease.sh
index 7162c6373f..0b6e56ef2e 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-prerelease.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish-prerelease.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Run your commands
-rm .changeset/pre.json
 
 echo "Running: pnpm exec changeset version --snapshot $version"
 pnpm exec changeset version --snapshot $version