diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/instance/actionSelfUpdate.st b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/instance/actionSelfUpdate.st
index cc293de0..76961d9c 100644
--- a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/instance/actionSelfUpdate.st
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/instance/actionSelfUpdate.st
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 actions
 actionSelfUpdate
-	GSSelfUpdater selfUpdate.
\ No newline at end of file
+	GSSelfUpdater actionSelfUpdate.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/methodProperties.json b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/methodProperties.json
index f2a1f6b9..794c7e6a 100644
--- a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/methodProperties.json
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/methodProperties.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		"actionPull" : "mad 12/1/2024 21:45",
 		"actionPush" : "mad 12/1/2024 21:45",
 		"actionRefresh" : "mad 12/23/2024 20:01",
-		"actionSelfUpdate" : "mad 10/9/2024 16:47",
+		"actionSelfUpdate" : "mad 12/23/2024 21:06",
 		"actionSetSelfUpdateBranch" : "mad 11/4/2024 13:13",
 		"activeCommit" : "mad 9/14/2023 15:24",
 		"activeCommit:" : "mad 5/15/2024 21:42",
diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/actionSelfUpdate.st b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/actionSelfUpdate.st
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bcd8cff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/actionSelfUpdate.st
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+self-updating
+actionSelfUpdate
+	(self isNewVersionAvailableIfError: [true]) ifFalse: [
+		(self confirm: 'No new version seems to be available. Do you want to update anyway?')
+			ifFalse: [^ self]].
+	self selfUpdate.
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diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/basicCheckForNewVersion.st b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/basicCheckForNewVersion.st
index 184f6cdf..a2eeb73b 100644
--- a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/basicCheckForNewVersion.st
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/basicCheckForNewVersion.st
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 check
 basicCheckForNewVersion
-	self isNewVersionAvailable ifTrue: [self promptForNewVersion].
+	(self isNewVersionAvailableIfError: [^ self]) ifTrue: [self promptForNewVersion].
 	self lastVersionCheck: DateAndTime now.
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diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/changeLog.st b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/changeLog.st
index 311c23b2..9b135db5 100644
--- a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/changeLog.st
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/changeLog.st
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ changeLog
 		'Warnings about uncommitted changes before merging only occur when not up-to-date.'.
 		'The list of branches, remote branches, etc. is now a tree. Hover over the root nodes to get an explanation.'.
 		'A change log is shown after a self-update (the one you are currently seeing :)).'.
+		'Before a manual self-update is done, git-s checks whether a new version exists and prompts the user to cancel if not.'.
 	}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/isNewVersionAvailable.st b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/isNewVersionAvailable.st
deleted file mode 100644
index 50d02f97..00000000
--- a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/isNewVersionAvailable.st
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-check
-isNewVersionAvailable
-	^ ([self getShaOfVersion: self branchName] ifError: [^ false]) ~= self installedVersion
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/isNewVersionAvailableIfError..st b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/isNewVersionAvailableIfError..st
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78557069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/class/isNewVersionAvailableIfError..st
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+check
+isNewVersionAvailableIfError: aBlock
+	^ ([self getShaOfVersion: self branchName] ifError: [^ aBlock value]) ~= self installedVersion
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/methodProperties.json b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/methodProperties.json
index 964d73b9..dbec1229 100644
--- a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/methodProperties.json
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSSelfUpdater.class/methodProperties.json
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {
 	"class" : {
-		"basicCheckForNewVersion" : "mad 10/25/2024 11:34",
+		"actionSelfUpdate" : "mad 12/23/2024 21:06",
+		"basicCheckForNewVersion" : "mad 12/23/2024 21:01",
 		"branchName" : "mad 11/4/2024 13:01",
 		"branchName:" : "mad 11/4/2024 13:02",
-		"changeLog" : "mad 12/23/2024 21:12",
+		"changeLog" : "mad 12/23/2024 21:15",
 		"checkForNewVersion" : "mad 10/25/2024 11:32",
 		"fullRepositoryName" : "mad 10/9/2024 16:33",
 		"getShaOfVersion:" : "mad 10/24/2024 15:07",
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
 		"installScriptForVersion:" : "mad 10/9/2024 16:50",
 		"installedVersion" : "mad 10/9/2024 16:40",
 		"installedVersion:" : "mad 10/9/2024 16:40",
-		"isNewVersionAvailable" : "mad 10/25/2024 11:22",
+		"isNewVersionAvailableIfError:" : "mad 12/23/2024 21:01",
 		"lastVersionCheck" : "mad 10/25/2024 11:33",
 		"lastVersionCheck:" : "mad 10/25/2024 11:34",
 		"lastVersionCheckWasRecent" : "mad 10/25/2024 11:35",