diff --git a/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.tsx b/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.tsx
index ae89dd711c..f8bd22fb60 100644
--- a/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.tsx
+++ b/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import React from "react";
 import {randomString} from "matrix-js-sdk/src/randomstring";
 import {Action} from "matrix-react-sdk/src/dispatcher/actions";
 import { ActionPayload } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/dispatcher/payloads";
+import { showToast as showUpdateToast } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/toasts/UpdateToast";
 
 const ipcRenderer = window.ipcRenderer;
 const isMac = navigator.platform.toUpperCase().includes('MAC');
@@ -275,12 +276,7 @@ export default class ElectronPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
     }
 
     async onUpdateDownloaded(ev, updateInfo) {
-        dis.dispatch({
-            action: 'new_version',
-            currentVersion: await this.getAppVersion(),
-            newVersion: updateInfo,
-            releaseNotes: updateInfo.releaseNotes,
-        });
+        showUpdateToast(await this.getAppVersion(), updateInfo, updateInfo.releaseNotes);
     }
 
     getHumanReadableName(): string {
diff --git a/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.ts b/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.ts
index 1b0a6d6d4d..5544f999eb 100644
--- a/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.ts
+++ b/src/vector/platform/WebPlatform.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import request from 'browser-request';
 import dis from 'matrix-react-sdk/src/dispatcher/dispatcher';
 import { _t } from 'matrix-react-sdk/src/languageHandler';
 import {Room} from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
+import { showToast as showUpdateToast, hideToast as hideUpdateToast } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/toasts/UpdateToast";
 
 import url from 'url';
 import UAParser from 'ua-parser-js';
@@ -135,15 +136,17 @@ export default class WebPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
         return this._getVersion().then((ver) => {
             if (this.runningVersion === null) {
                 this.runningVersion = ver;
-            } else if (this.runningVersion !== ver) {
-                dis.dispatch({
-                    action: 'new_version',
-                    currentVersion: this.runningVersion,
-                    newVersion: ver,
-                });
-                // Return to skip a MatrixChat state update
                 return;
             }
+
+            if (this.runningVersion !== ver) {
+                showUpdateToast(this.runningVersion, ver);
+                // Return to skip a MatrixChat state update
+                return;
+            } else {
+                hideUpdateToast();
+            }
+
             return { status: updateCheckStatusEnum.NOTAVAILABLE };
         }, (err) => {
             console.error("Failed to poll for update", err);