diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 29670a3c2..a0f913f35 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## ⚠️ Deprecation warning: This repository has been integrated into the [Alephium frontend monorepo](https://github.com/alephium/alephium-frontend/) and is no longer maintained.
+
 # Alephium desktop wallet
 
 The official Alephium desktop wallet.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 89dcb47d9..949085583 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "alephium-wallet",
-  "version": "2.1.5",
+  "version": "2.1.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "alephium-wallet",
-      "version": "2.1.5",
+      "version": "2.1.6",
       "dependencies": {
         "electron-context-menu": "^3.1.2",
         "electron-is-dev": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d8d1e2625..083e2c47b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "alephium-wallet",
   "description": "The official Alephium wallet",
-  "version": "2.1.5",
+  "version": "2.1.6",
   "homepage": "./",
   "author": "Alephium dev <dev@alephium.org>",
   "main": "public/electron.js",
diff --git a/public/electron.js b/public/electron.js
index 11317305b..550ae818c 100644
--- a/public/electron.js
+++ b/public/electron.js
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ const isDev = require('electron-is-dev')
 const contextMenu = require('electron-context-menu')
 const { autoUpdater } = require('electron-updater')
 
+const CURRENT_VERSION = app.getVersion()
+const IS_RC = CURRENT_VERSION.includes('-rc.')
+
 // Handle deep linking for alephium://
 
 const ALEPHIUM = 'alephium'
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ if (process.defaultApp) {
 contextMenu()
 
 autoUpdater.autoDownload = false
+autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = IS_RC
 
 // Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
 // be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ function createWindow() {
 
   mainWindow.loadURL(appURL)
 
-  if (isDev) {
+  if (isDev || IS_RC) {
     // Open the DevTools.
     mainWindow?.webContents.openDevTools()
   }
diff --git a/src/hooks/useLatestGitHubRelease.ts b/src/hooks/useLatestGitHubRelease.ts
index efd022da9..5bdf02bd7 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useLatestGitHubRelease.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useLatestGitHubRelease.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ import { links } from '@/utils/links'
 const _window = window as unknown as AlephiumWindow
 const electron = _window.electron
 
-const currentVersion = import.meta.env.VITE_VERSION
-const semverRegex = /^(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)?$/
+const currentVersion: string = import.meta.env.VITE_VERSION
+const isRc = currentVersion.includes('-rc.')
+const semverRegex = isRc ? /^(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)(?:-rc(\.\d+)?)?$/ : /^(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)?$/
 
 const ONE_HOUR = 1000 * 60 * 60
 
@@ -53,9 +54,7 @@ const useLatestGitHubRelease = () => {
 
   useTimeout(async () => {
     const appData: AppMetaData = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(KEY_APPMETADATA) ?? '{}', toAppMetaData) ?? {}
-    const { lastVersionCheckedAt } = appData
-    // Uncomment to test updater every time the app launches
-    // const lastVersionCheckedAt = new Date(0)
+    const { lastVersionCheckedAt } = isRc ? { lastVersionCheckedAt: new Date(0) } : appData
     const timeSinceLastCheck = (lastVersionCheckedAt !== undefined && Date.now() - lastVersionCheckedAt.getTime()) || 0
     const nextTimeUntilNextFetch = Math.max(0, ONE_HOUR - timeSinceLastCheck)
 
@@ -87,4 +86,4 @@ const useLatestGitHubRelease = () => {
 export default useLatestGitHubRelease
 
 const isVersionNewer = (version: string): boolean =>
-  semverRegex.test(version) && currentVersion && compareVersions(version, currentVersion) > 0
+  semverRegex.test(version) && !!currentVersion && compareVersions(version, currentVersion) > 0