diff --git a/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck.go b/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck.go
index 11c832c6d..e5ec0a771 100644
--- a/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck.go
+++ b/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck.go
@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ func isOutdated(current, latest string) bool {
 		latest = "v" + latest
 	}
 
+	// Skip notification for prerelease versions (development builds).
+	// We don't publish prerelease versions, so these are development builds and shouldn't trigger update notifications.
+	if semver.Prerelease(current) != "" {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	// semver.Compare returns -1 if current < latest
 	return semver.Compare(current, latest) < 0
 }
diff --git a/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck_test.go b/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck_test.go
index 61992db72..1b47d193b 100644
--- a/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck_test.go
+++ b/cmd/entire/cli/versioncheck/versioncheck_test.go
@@ -35,8 +35,15 @@ func TestIsOutdated(t *testing.T) {
 		{"1.0.0", "v1.0.1", true, "mixed v prefix reversed"},
 
 		// Pre-release versions (semver uses hyphen)
-		{"1.0.0-rc1", "1.0.0", true, "prerelease in current"},
+		{"1.0.0-rc1", "1.0.0", false, "prerelease in current"},
 		{"1.0.0", "1.0.1-rc1", true, "prerelease in latest is still newer"},
+
+		// Git describe format (should strip suffix before comparing)
+		{"v0.4.4-76-g230b49bf-dirty", "v0.4.4", false, "git describe dirty build is not outdated"},
+		{"v0.4.4-76-g230b49bf", "v0.4.4", false, "git describe build is not outdated"},
+		{"v0.4.4-76-g230b49bf-dirty", "v0.4.5", false, "git describe build is not outdated"},
+		{"v0.4.4-1-gabcdef0", "v0.4.4", false, "git describe 1 commit ahead and is not outdated"},
+		{"v1.0.0-100-g1234567890ab-dirty", "v1.0.0", false, "git describe long hash dirty"},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {