diff --git a/js/background.js b/js/background.js
index 6d119c0c12..e03ee9d34d 100644
--- a/js/background.js
+++ b/js/background.js
@@ -566,7 +566,8 @@
         window.reduxActions.network
       );
       window.Signal.Services.initializeUpdateListener(
-        window.reduxActions.updates
+        window.reduxActions.updates,
+        window.Whisper.events
       );
       window.reduxActions.expiration.hydrateExpirationStatus(
         window.Signal.Util.hasExpired()
diff --git a/ts/components/UpdateDialog.stories.tsx b/ts/components/UpdateDialog.stories.tsx
index 7028d1e88d..d5827fd212 100644
--- a/ts/components/UpdateDialog.stories.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/UpdateDialog.stories.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ const defaultProps = {
   dismissDialog: action('dismiss-dialog'),
   hasNetworkDialog: false,
   i18n,
+  didSnooze: false,
+  showEventsCount: 0,
+  snoozeUpdate: action('snooze-update'),
   startUpdate: action('start-update'),
 };
 
@@ -27,6 +30,13 @@ const permutations = [
       dialogType: 1,
     },
   },
+  {
+    title: 'Update (didSnooze=true)',
+    props: {
+      dialogType: 1,
+      didSnooze: true,
+    },
+  },
   {
     title: 'Cannot Update',
     props: {
@@ -54,11 +64,13 @@ storiesOf('Components/UpdateDialog', module)
       1
     );
     const hasNetworkDialog = boolean('hasNetworkDialog', false);
+    const didSnooze = boolean('didSnooze', false);
 
     return (
       <UpdateDialog
         {...defaultProps}
         dialogType={dialogType}
+        didSnooze={didSnooze}
         hasNetworkDialog={hasNetworkDialog}
       />
     );
diff --git a/ts/components/UpdateDialog.tsx b/ts/components/UpdateDialog.tsx
index 13c0943334..8b7bbab834 100644
--- a/ts/components/UpdateDialog.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/UpdateDialog.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import moment from 'moment';
 
 import { Dialogs } from '../types/Dialogs';
 import { Intl } from './Intl';
@@ -8,46 +7,25 @@ import { LocalizerType } from '../types/Util';
 export interface PropsType {
   ackRender: () => void;
   dialogType: Dialogs;
+  didSnooze: boolean;
   dismissDialog: () => void;
   hasNetworkDialog: boolean;
   i18n: LocalizerType;
+  showEventsCount: number;
+  snoozeUpdate: () => void;
   startUpdate: () => void;
 }
 
-type MaybeMoment = moment.Moment | null;
-type ReactSnoozeHook = React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<MaybeMoment>>;
-
-const SNOOZE_TIMER = 60 * 1000 * 30;
-
-function handleSnooze(setSnoozeForLater: ReactSnoozeHook) {
-  setSnoozeForLater(moment().add(SNOOZE_TIMER));
-  setTimeout(() => {
-    setSnoozeForLater(moment());
-  }, SNOOZE_TIMER);
-}
-
-function canSnooze(snoozeUntil: MaybeMoment) {
-  return snoozeUntil === null;
-}
-
-function isSnoozed(snoozeUntil: MaybeMoment) {
-  if (snoozeUntil === null) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return moment().isBefore(snoozeUntil);
-}
-
 export const UpdateDialog = ({
   ackRender,
   dialogType,
+  didSnooze,
   dismissDialog,
   hasNetworkDialog,
   i18n,
+  snoozeUpdate,
   startUpdate,
 }: PropsType): JSX.Element | null => {
-  const [snoozeUntil, setSnoozeForLater] = React.useState<MaybeMoment>(null);
-
   React.useEffect(() => {
     ackRender();
   });
@@ -56,7 +34,7 @@ export const UpdateDialog = ({
     return null;
   }
 
-  if (dialogType === Dialogs.None || isSnoozed(snoozeUntil)) {
+  if (dialogType === Dialogs.None) {
     return null;
   }
 
@@ -116,12 +94,10 @@ export const UpdateDialog = ({
         <span>{i18n('autoUpdateNewVersionMessage')}</span>
       </div>
       <div className="module-left-pane-dialog__actions">
-        {canSnooze(snoozeUntil) && (
+        {!didSnooze && (
           <button
             className="module-left-pane-dialog__button--no-border"
-            onClick={() => {
-              handleSnooze(setSnoozeForLater);
-            }}
+            onClick={snoozeUpdate}
           >
             {i18n('autoUpdateLaterButtonLabel')}
           </button>
diff --git a/ts/services/updateListener.ts b/ts/services/updateListener.ts
index 19d76858af..7f0402ea53 100644
--- a/ts/services/updateListener.ts
+++ b/ts/services/updateListener.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,19 @@ type UpdatesActions = {
   showUpdateDialog: (x: Dialogs) => ShowUpdateDialogAction;
 };
 
-export function initializeUpdateListener(updatesActions: UpdatesActions) {
+type EventsType = {
+  once: (ev: string, f: () => void) => void;
+};
+
+export function initializeUpdateListener(
+  updatesActions: UpdatesActions,
+  events: EventsType
+) {
   ipcRenderer.on('show-update-dialog', (_, dialogType: Dialogs) => {
     updatesActions.showUpdateDialog(dialogType);
   });
+
+  events.once('snooze-update', () => {
+    updatesActions.showUpdateDialog(Dialogs.Update);
+  });
 }
diff --git a/ts/state/ducks/updates.ts b/ts/state/ducks/updates.ts
index cc29788ece..ac44839e97 100644
--- a/ts/state/ducks/updates.ts
+++ b/ts/state/ducks/updates.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import { Dialogs } from '../../types/Dialogs';
 import * as updateIpc from '../../shims/updateIpc';
+import { trigger } from '../../shims/events';
 
 // State
 
 export type UpdatesStateType = {
   dialogType: Dialogs;
+  didSnooze: boolean;
+  showEventsCount: number;
 };
 
 // Actions
@@ -12,6 +15,7 @@ export type UpdatesStateType = {
 const ACK_RENDER = 'updates/ACK_RENDER';
 const DISMISS_DIALOG = 'updates/DISMISS_DIALOG';
 const SHOW_UPDATE_DIALOG = 'updates/SHOW_UPDATE_DIALOG';
+const SNOOZE_UPDATE = 'updates/SNOOZE_UPDATE';
 const START_UPDATE = 'updates/START_UPDATE';
 
 type AckRenderAction = {
@@ -27,6 +31,10 @@ export type ShowUpdateDialogAction = {
   payload: Dialogs;
 };
 
+type SnoozeUpdateActionType = {
+  type: 'updates/SNOOZE_UPDATE';
+};
+
 type StartUpdateAction = {
   type: 'updates/START_UPDATE';
 };
@@ -35,6 +43,7 @@ export type UpdatesActionType =
   | AckRenderAction
   | DismissDialogAction
   | ShowUpdateDialogAction
+  | SnoozeUpdateActionType
   | StartUpdateAction;
 
 // Action Creators
@@ -60,6 +69,18 @@ function showUpdateDialog(dialogType: Dialogs): ShowUpdateDialogAction {
   };
 }
 
+const SNOOZE_TIMER = 60 * 1000 * 30;
+
+function snoozeUpdate(): SnoozeUpdateActionType {
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    trigger('snooze-update');
+  }, SNOOZE_TIMER);
+
+  return {
+    type: SNOOZE_UPDATE,
+  };
+}
+
 function startUpdate(): StartUpdateAction {
   updateIpc.startUpdate();
 
@@ -72,6 +93,7 @@ export const actions = {
   ackRender,
   dismissDialog,
   showUpdateDialog,
+  snoozeUpdate,
   startUpdate,
 };
 
@@ -80,6 +102,8 @@ export const actions = {
 function getEmptyState(): UpdatesStateType {
   return {
     dialogType: Dialogs.None,
+    didSnooze: false,
+    showEventsCount: 0,
   };
 }
 
@@ -90,6 +114,16 @@ export function reducer(
   if (action.type === SHOW_UPDATE_DIALOG) {
     return {
       dialogType: action.payload,
+      didSnooze: state.didSnooze,
+      showEventsCount: state.showEventsCount + 1,
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (action.type === SNOOZE_UPDATE) {
+    return {
+      dialogType: Dialogs.None,
+      didSnooze: true,
+      showEventsCount: state.showEventsCount,
     };
   }
 
@@ -99,6 +133,8 @@ export function reducer(
   ) {
     return {
       dialogType: Dialogs.None,
+      didSnooze: state.didSnooze,
+      showEventsCount: state.showEventsCount,
     };
   }