diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/VersionChecker/versionCheckerLogic.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/VersionChecker/versionCheckerLogic.test.ts
index 103e89b2bfed9..77e7e0e9eb52e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/VersionChecker/versionCheckerLogic.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/VersionChecker/versionCheckerLogic.test.ts
@@ -73,35 +73,41 @@ describe('versionCheckerLogic', () => {
         { versionCount: 1, expectation: null },
         {
             versionCount: 11,
+            expectation: null,
+        },
+        {
+            versionCount: 51,
             expectation: {
                 latestUsedVersion: '1.0.0',
-                latestAvailableVersion: '1.0.10',
-                numVersionsBehind: 10,
-                level: 'info',
+                latestAvailableVersion: '1.0.50',
+                numVersionsBehind: 50,
+                level: 'error',
             },
         },
         {
-            versionCount: 15,
+            minorUsedVersion: 40,
+            versionCount: 1,
             expectation: {
                 latestUsedVersion: '1.0.0',
-                latestAvailableVersion: '1.0.14',
-                numVersionsBehind: 14,
-                level: 'info',
+                latestAvailableVersion: '1.40.0',
+                numVersionsBehind: 40,
+                level: 'warning',
             },
         },
         {
-            versionCount: 25,
+            majorUsedVersion: 2,
+            versionCount: 1,
             expectation: {
                 latestUsedVersion: '1.0.0',
-                latestAvailableVersion: '1.0.24',
-                numVersionsBehind: 24,
-                level: 'error',
+                latestAvailableVersion: '2.0.0',
+                numVersionsBehind: 1,
+                level: 'info',
             },
         },
     ])('return a version warning if diff is great enough', async (options) => {
         // TODO: How do we clear the persisted value?
         const versionsList = Array.from({ length: options.versionCount }, (_, i) => ({
-            version: `1.0.${i}`,
+            version: `${options.majorUsedVersion || 1}.${options.minorUsedVersion || 0}.${i}`,
         })).reverse()
 
         useMockedVersions(
@@ -143,13 +149,14 @@ describe('versionCheckerLogic', () => {
         },
         {
             usedVersions: [
-                { version: '1.80.0', timestamp: '2023-01-01T12:00:00Z' },
-                { version: '1.83.1-beta', timestamp: '2023-01-01T10:00:00Z' },
-                { version: '1.84.0-delta', timestamp: '2023-01-01T08:00:00Z' },
+                { version: '1.40.0', timestamp: '2023-01-01T12:00:00Z' },
+                { version: '1.41.1-beta', timestamp: '2023-01-01T10:00:00Z' },
+                { version: '1.42.0', timestamp: '2023-01-01T08:00:00Z' },
+                { version: '1.42.0-delta', timestamp: '2023-01-01T08:00:00Z' },
             ],
             expectation: {
-                latestUsedVersion: '1.84.0-delta',
-                numVersionsBehind: 1,
+                latestUsedVersion: '1.42.0',
+                numVersionsBehind: 42,
                 latestAvailableVersion: '1.84.0',
                 level: 'warning',
             },
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/VersionChecker/versionCheckerLogic.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/VersionChecker/versionCheckerLogic.ts
index 7ffecbbf89c82..4c6067adf4afc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/VersionChecker/versionCheckerLogic.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/VersionChecker/versionCheckerLogic.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ export const versionCheckerLogic = kea<versionCheckerLogicType>([
 
             if (!warning && sdkVersions && latestAvailableVersion) {
                 const diff = diffVersions(latestAvailableVersion, latestUsedVersion)
+
                 if (diff && diff.diff > 0) {
                     // there's a difference between the latest used version and the latest available version
 
@@ -188,18 +189,14 @@ export const versionCheckerLogic = kea<versionCheckerLogicType>([
                     }
 
                     let level: 'warning' | 'info' | 'error' | undefined
-                    if (diff.kind === 'major' || numVersionsBehind >= 20) {
+                    if (diff.kind === 'major') {
+                        level = 'info' // it is desirable to be on the latest major version, but not critical
+                    } else if (diff.kind === 'minor') {
+                        level = numVersionsBehind >= 40 ? 'warning' : undefined
+                    }
+
+                    if (level === undefined && numVersionsBehind >= 50) {
                         level = 'error'
-                    } else if (diff.kind === 'minor' && diff.diff >= 15) {
-                        level = 'warning'
-                    } else if ((diff.kind === 'minor' && diff.diff >= 10) || numVersionsBehind >= 10) {
-                        level = 'info'
-                    } else if (latestUsedVersion.extra) {
-                        // if we have an extra (alpha/beta/rc/etc.) version, we should always show a warning if they aren't on the latest
-                        level = 'warning'
-                    } else {
-                        // don't warn for a small number of patch versions behind
-                        level = undefined
                     }
 
                     // we check if there is a "latest user version string" to avoid returning odd data in unexpected cases