diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/project/projectUtils.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/project/projectUtils.ts
index 83998e6ef8..a6b3800a42 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/project/projectUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/project/projectUtils.ts
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ export async function isModernExpoUpdatesCLIWithRuntimeVersionCommandSupportedAs
     return true;
   }
 
-  // TODO(wschurman): add semver check once we know the SDK51 version of expo-updates that supports this
-  return false;
+  // Anything SDK 51 or greater uses the expo-updates CLI
+  return semver.gte(expoUpdatesPackageVersion, '0.25.4');
 }
 
 export async function installExpoUpdatesAsync(