diff --git a/scripts/updates/check-updates.sh b/scripts/updates/check-updates.sh
index 3350a2c8b..61f74bb38 100755
--- a/scripts/updates/check-updates.sh
+++ b/scripts/updates/check-updates.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,13 @@ if [ -f "${BASEDIR}/github-projects.txt" ]; then
 		# Our local version of package.
 		termux_version=$(set +e +u;. "${BASEDIR}/../../packages/${package}/build.sh" 2>/dev/null; echo "$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION")
 		termux_epoch="$(echo "$termux_version" | cut -d: -f1)"
-		[ -n "$termux_epoch" ] && termux_epoch+=":"
 		termux_version=$(echo "$termux_version" | cut -d: -f2-)
+		if [ "$termux_version" == "$termux_epoch" ]; then
+			# No epoch set.
+			termux_epoch=""
+		else
+			termux_epoch+=":"
+		fi
 
 		# Latest version is the current release tag on Github.
 		latest_version=$(curl --silent -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_API_TOKEN}" "https://api.github.com/repos/${project}/releases/latest" | jq -r .tag_name)