diff --git a/react-native-git-upgrade/checks.js b/react-native-git-upgrade/checks.js
index 35177a12f2c0d0..6856ce6a48dee1 100644
--- a/react-native-git-upgrade/checks.js
+++ b/react-native-git-upgrade/checks.js
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ function checkDeclaredVersion(declaredVersion) {
 function checkMatchingVersions(currentVersion, declaredVersion) {
   if (!semver.satisfies(currentVersion, declaredVersion)) {
     throw new Error(
-      'react-native version in "package.json" doesn\'t match ' +
-      'the installed version in "node_modules".\n' +
+      'react-native version in "package.json" (' + declaredVersion + ') doesn\'t match ' +
+      'the installed version in "node_modules" (' + currentVersion + ').\n' +
       'Try running "npm install" to fix this.'
     );
   }
diff --git a/react-native-git-upgrade/cliEntry.js b/react-native-git-upgrade/cliEntry.js
index 1a0bcae25a724c..2cca0e7a7311e0 100644
--- a/react-native-git-upgrade/cliEntry.js
+++ b/react-native-git-upgrade/cliEntry.js
@@ -156,20 +156,16 @@ function runYeomanGenerators(generatorDir, appName, verbose) {
   return new Promise((resolve) => env.run(generatorArgs, {upgrade: true, force: true}, resolve));
 }
 
-async function run(requiredVersion, cliArgs) {
-  const context = {
-    tmpDir: path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), 'react-native-git-upgrade'),
-    generatorDir: path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', 'react-native', 'local-cli', 'generator'),
-    requiredVersion,
-    cliArgs,
-  };
-
+/**
+ * If there's a newer version of react-native-git-upgrade in npm, suggest to the user to upgrade.
+ */
+async function checkForUpdates() {
   try {
     log.info('Check for react-native-git-upgrade updates');
     const lastGitUpgradeVersion = await exec('npm view react-native-git-upgrade@latest version');
     const current = require('./package').version;
     const latest = semver.clean(lastGitUpgradeVersion);
-    if (current !== latest) {
+    if (semver.gt(latest, current)) {
       log.warn(
         'A more recent version of "react-native-git-upgrade" has been found.\n' +
         `Current: ${current}\n` +
@@ -177,6 +173,21 @@ async function run(requiredVersion, cliArgs) {
         'Please run "npm install -g react-native-git-upgrade"'
       );
     }
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.warn('Check for latest version failed', err.message);
+  }
+}
+
+async function run(requiredVersion, cliArgs) {
+  const context = {
+    tmpDir: path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), 'react-native-git-upgrade'),
+    generatorDir: path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', 'react-native', 'local-cli', 'generator'),
+    requiredVersion,
+    cliArgs,
+  };
+
+  try {
+    await checkForUpdates();
 
     log.info('Read package.json files');
     const {rnPak, pak} = readPackageFiles();