diff --git a/shell/mixins/__tests__/chart.test.ts b/shell/mixins/__tests__/chart.test.ts
index 009ec7d02e7..260d60158a2 100644
--- a/shell/mixins/__tests__/chart.test.ts
+++ b/shell/mixins/__tests__/chart.test.ts
@@ -238,5 +238,26 @@ describe('chartMixin', () => {
         icon: 'icon-downgrade-alt',
       });
     });
+
+    it('should return "upgrade" action when upgrading from a pre-release to a stable version', () => {
+      const wrapper = mount(DummyComponent, {
+        data: () => ({
+          existing: { spec: { chart: { metadata: { version: '1.0.0-rc1' } } } },
+          version:  { version: '1.0.0' }
+        }),
+        global: {
+          mocks: {
+            $store: mockStore,
+            $route: { query: {} }
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+      expect(wrapper.vm.action).toStrictEqual({
+        name: 'upgrade',
+        tKey: 'upgrade',
+        icon: 'icon-upgrade-alt',
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/shell/mixins/chart.js b/shell/mixins/chart.js
index fa907428e9c..9c294d86b02 100644
--- a/shell/mixins/chart.js
+++ b/shell/mixins/chart.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { NAME as MANAGER } from '@shell/config/product/manager';
 import { OPA_GATE_KEEPER_ID } from '@shell/pages/c/_cluster/gatekeeper/index.vue';
 import { formatSi, parseSi } from '@shell/utils/units';
 import { CAPI, CATALOG } from '@shell/config/types';
-import { isPrerelease, compare } from '@shell/utils/version';
+import { isPrerelease, compare, isUpgradeFromPreToStable } from '@shell/utils/version';
 import difference from 'lodash/difference';
 import { LINUX, APP_UPGRADE_STATUS } from '@shell/store/catalog';
 import { clone } from '@shell/utils/object';
@@ -240,6 +240,12 @@ export default {
         };
       }
 
+      if (isUpgradeFromPreToStable(this.currentVersion, this.targetVersion)) {
+        return {
+          name: 'upgrade', tKey: 'upgrade', icon: 'icon-upgrade-alt'
+        };
+      }
+
       if (compare(this.currentVersion, this.targetVersion) < 0) {
         return {
           name: 'upgrade', tKey: 'upgrade', icon: 'icon-upgrade-alt'
diff --git a/shell/utils/__tests__/version.test.ts b/shell/utils/__tests__/version.test.ts
index 47bd5005160..f0ebd263518 100644
--- a/shell/utils/__tests__/version.test.ts
+++ b/shell/utils/__tests__/version.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isDevBuild } from '@shell/utils/version';
+import { isDevBuild, isUpgradeFromPreToStable } from '@shell/utils/version';
 
 describe('fx: isDevBuild', () => {
   it.each([
@@ -16,3 +16,21 @@ describe('fx: isDevBuild', () => {
     }
   );
 });
+
+describe('fx: isUpgradeFromPreToStable', () => {
+  it('should be true when going from pre-release to stable of same version', () => {
+    expect(isUpgradeFromPreToStable('1.0.0-rc1', '1.0.0')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should be false when going from stable to pre-release', () => {
+    expect(isUpgradeFromPreToStable('1.0.0', '1.0.0-rc1')).toBe(false );
+  });
+
+  it('should be false for stable to stable', () => {
+    expect(isUpgradeFromPreToStable('1.0.0', '1.1.0')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should be false for pre-release to pre-release', () => {
+    expect(isUpgradeFromPreToStable('1.0.0-rc1', '1.0.0-rc2')).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/shell/utils/version.js b/shell/utils/version.js
index fa4be45395b..c824c336c58 100644
--- a/shell/utils/version.js
+++ b/shell/utils/version.js
@@ -74,6 +74,21 @@ export function isPrerelease(version = '') {
   return !!semver.prerelease(version);
 }
 
+export function isUpgradeFromPreToStable(currentVersion, targetVersion) {
+  if (!isPrerelease(currentVersion) || isPrerelease(targetVersion)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const cVersion = semver.clean(currentVersion, { loose: true });
+  const tVersion = semver.clean(targetVersion, { loose: true });
+
+  if (cVersion && tVersion && semver.valid(cVersion) && semver.valid(tVersion)) {
+    return semver.lt(cVersion, tVersion);
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 export function isDevBuild(version) {
   if ( ['dev', 'master', 'head'].includes(version) || version.endsWith('-head') || version.match(/-rc\d+$/) || version.match(/-alpha\d+$/) ) {
     return true;