diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index 296b779..80661da 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -179,8 +179,11 @@ export class HUPActionHelper {
 		}
 
 		if (actionName === 'balenahup' && minTakeoverVersion != null) {
+			// OS variant is not relevant and compares less than plain version,
+			// which may erroneously trigger takeover again.
+			const noVariantVersion = currentVersion.replace(/\.dev$|\.prod$/, '');
 			if (
-				bSemver.lt(currentVersion, minTakeoverVersion) &&
+				bSemver.lt(noVariantVersion, minTakeoverVersion) &&
 				bSemver.gte(targetVersion, minTakeoverVersion)
 			) {
 				return 'takeover';
diff --git a/tests/01-actions.spec.ts b/tests/01-actions.spec.ts
index bf58256..05f4e2c 100644
--- a/tests/01-actions.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/01-actions.spec.ts
@@ -737,27 +737,77 @@ describe('BalenaHupActionUtils', () => {
 					before: '6.0.0',
 					cutoff: '6.0.38',
 					takeover: '6.0.39',
+					takeoverVariants: {
+						// pre-unification versions used by balena-proxy
+						invalidSemverDev: '6.0.39.dev',
+						invalidSemverProd: '6.0.39.prod',
+						// balena-semver considers '+dev' a kind of pre-release
+						// relative to a no-variant version like 6.0.39.
+						noRev: '6.0.39+dev',
+						rev1Dev: '6.0.39+rev1.dev',
+					},
 					after: '6.1.0',
 				},
-			].forEach(({ deviceType, before, cutoff, takeover, after }) => {
-				it(`should return 'balenahup' if doing HUP for ${deviceType} to a version before ${takeover}`, () => {
-					expect(
-						hupActionHelper.getHUPActionType(deviceType, before, cutoff),
-					).to.equal('balenahup');
-				});
+			].forEach(
+				({ deviceType, before, cutoff, takeover, takeoverVariants, after }) => {
+					it(`should return 'balenahup' if doing HUP for ${deviceType} from a version before ${takeover} to a version before ${takeover}`, () => {
+						expect(
+							hupActionHelper.getHUPActionType(deviceType, before, cutoff),
+						).to.equal('balenahup');
+					});
 
-				it(`should return 'takeover' if doing HUP for ${deviceType} to a version after ${takeover}`, () => {
-					expect(
-						hupActionHelper.getHUPActionType(deviceType, before, after),
-					).to.equal('takeover');
-				});
+					it(`should return 'takeover' if doing HUP for ${deviceType} from a version before ${takeover} to a version after ${takeover}`, () => {
+						expect(
+							hupActionHelper.getHUPActionType(deviceType, before, after),
+						).to.equal('takeover');
+					});
 
-				it(`should return 'balenahup' if doing HUP for ${deviceType} from a version after ${takeover}`, () => {
-					expect(
-						hupActionHelper.getHUPActionType(deviceType, takeover, after),
-					).to.equal('balenahup');
-				});
-			});
+					it(`should return 'balenahup' if doing HUP for ${deviceType} from ${takeover} to a version after ${takeover}`, () => {
+						expect(
+							hupActionHelper.getHUPActionType(deviceType, takeover, after),
+						).to.equal('balenahup');
+					});
+
+					it(`should return 'balenahup' if doing HUP for ${deviceType} from ${takeover} (dev mode) to a version after ${takeover}`, () => {
+						expect(
+							hupActionHelper.getHUPActionType(
+								deviceType,
+								takeoverVariants.invalidSemverDev,
+								after,
+							),
+						).to.equal('balenahup');
+					});
+					it(`should return 'balenahup' if doing HUP for ${deviceType} from ${takeover} (prod mode) to a version after ${takeover}`, () => {
+						expect(
+							hupActionHelper.getHUPActionType(
+								deviceType,
+								takeoverVariants.invalidSemverProd,
+								after,
+							),
+						).to.equal('balenahup');
+					});
+
+					it(`should return 'takeover' if doing HUP for ${deviceType} from '${takeover}+dev' to a version after ${takeover}`, () => {
+						expect(
+							hupActionHelper.getHUPActionType(
+								deviceType,
+								takeoverVariants.noRev,
+								after,
+							),
+						).to.equal('takeover');
+					});
+
+					it(`should return 'balenahup' if doing HUP for ${deviceType} from '${takeover}+rev1' (dev mode) to another version after ${takeover}`, () => {
+						expect(
+							hupActionHelper.getHUPActionType(
+								deviceType,
+								takeoverVariants.rev1Dev,
+								after,
+							),
+						).to.equal('balenahup');
+					});
+				},
+			);
 		});
 	});
 });