diff --git a/utils/types.ts b/utils/types.ts
index f3924494..efc203e8 100644
--- a/utils/types.ts
+++ b/utils/types.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,11 @@ export interface CountryInfo {
   fiscal_year_end: string;
   locale: string;
 }
+
+
+export interface VersionParts {
+  major: number;
+  minor: number;
+  patch: number;
+  beta?: number;
+};
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diff --git a/utils/version.ts b/utils/version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..007c0820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import { VersionParts } from './types';
+
+export class Version {
+  /**
+   * comparators for version strings of the form
+   * x.x.x[-beta.x]
+   */
+
+  static gte(a: string, b: string) {
+    return compare(a, b, (c) => c < 0);
+  }
+
+  static lte(a: string, b: string) {
+    return compare(a, b, (c) => c > 0);
+  }
+
+  static eq(a: string, b: string) {
+    return compare(a, b, (c) => c !== 0);
+  }
+
+  static gt(a: string, b: string) {
+    return Version.gte(a, b) && !Version.eq(a, b);
+  }
+
+  static lt(a: string, b: string) {
+    return Version.lte(a, b) && !Version.eq(a, b);
+  }
+}
+
+const seq = ['major', 'minor', 'patch', 'beta'] as (keyof VersionParts)[];
+
+function compare(a: string, b: string, isInvalid: (x: number) => boolean) {
+  const partsA = parseVersionString(a);
+  const partsB = parseVersionString(b);
+
+  for (const p of seq) {
+    const c = compareSingle(partsA, partsB, p);
+    if (isInvalid(c)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+function parseVersionString(a: string): VersionParts {
+  const parts = a.split('-');
+  const nonbeta = parts[0].split('.').map((n) => parseFloat(n));
+
+  const versionParts: VersionParts = {
+    major: nonbeta[0],
+    minor: nonbeta[1],
+    patch: nonbeta[2],
+  };
+
+  const beta = parseFloat(parts[1]?.split('.')?.[1]);
+  if (!Number.isNaN(beta)) {
+    versionParts.beta = beta;
+  }
+
+  if (Number.isNaN(beta) && parts[1]?.includes('beta')) {
+    versionParts.beta = 0;
+  }
+
+  return versionParts;
+}
+
+function compareSingle(
+  partsA: VersionParts,
+  partsB: VersionParts,
+  key: keyof VersionParts
+): number {
+  if (key !== 'beta') {
+    return partsA[key] - partsB[key];
+  }
+
+  if (typeof partsA.beta === 'number' && typeof partsB.beta === 'number') {
+    return partsA.beta - partsB.beta;
+  }
+
+  // A is not in beta
+  if (partsA.beta === undefined && typeof partsB.beta === 'number') {
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  // B is not in beta
+  if (typeof partsA.beta === 'number' && partsB.beta === undefined) {
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  // Both A and B are not in Beta
+  return 0;
+}