diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 456376db..63039f66 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+4.2.7 - 05/11/2022
+Fixed:
+- Switch to check ChangeLogs.txt files by size
+
 4.2.6 - 03/11/2022
 Fixed:
 - Check for the file ChangeLog.txt
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6aaca32a..1477ca9b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Install from the official third-party `SBo repository <https://slackbuilds.org/r
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ tar xvf slpkg-4.2.6.tar.gz
-    $ cd slpkg-4.2.6
+    $ tar xvf slpkg-4.2.7.tar.gz
+    $ cd slpkg-4.2.7
     $ ./install.sh
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5db7bd95..d06364b9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 SQLAlchemy>=1.4.36
 PyYAML>=6.0
-
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 166f87e1..8d41c2ad 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = slpkg
-version = 4.2.6
+version = 4.2.7
 license_file = LICENSE
 author = Dimitris Zlatanidis
 author_email = d.zlatanidis@gmail.com
diff --git a/slpkg/check_updates.py b/slpkg/check_updates.py
index 1b267544..fe34bffc 100644
--- a/slpkg/check_updates.py
+++ b/slpkg/check_updates.py
@@ -17,20 +17,19 @@ class CheckUpdates:
 
     def updates(self):
 
-        local_date = ''
+        local_date = 0
         local_chg_txt = f'{self.sbo_repo_path}/{self.chglog_txt}'
 
-        if os.path.isfile(local_chg_txt):
-            with open(local_chg_txt, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-                local_date = f.readline().strip()
-
         http = urllib3.PoolManager()
         repo = http.request(
             'GET', f'{self.sbo_repo_url}/{self.chglog_txt}')
 
-        repo_date = repo.data.decode().split('\\')[0][:len(local_date)].strip()
+        if os.path.isfile(local_chg_txt):
+            local_date = int(os.stat(local_chg_txt).st_size)
 
-        if repo_date > local_date:
+        repo_date = int(repo.headers['Content-Length'])
+
+        if repo_date != local_date:
             print('\nThere are new updates available.\n')
         else:
             print('\nNo updated packages since the last check.\n')
diff --git a/slpkg/upgrade.py b/slpkg/upgrade.py
index a9aa11be..db6547a1 100644
--- a/slpkg/upgrade.py
+++ b/slpkg/upgrade.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ class Upgrade:
                 inst_pkg_name = '-'.join(pkg.split('-')[:-3])
 
                 if inst_pkg_name in repo_packages:
-                    installed_ver = pkg.replace(
-                        inst_pkg_name + '-', '').split('-')[0]
+                    installed_ver = pkg.replace(f'{inst_pkg_name}-',
+                                                '').split('-')[0]
                     repo_ver = SBoQueries(inst_pkg_name).version()
 
                     if LooseVersion(repo_ver) > LooseVersion(installed_ver):
diff --git a/slpkg/version.py b/slpkg/version.py
index d1f35810..29c8ba4a 100644
--- a/slpkg/version.py
+++ b/slpkg/version.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from slpkg.configs import Configs
 @dataclass
 class Version:
     prog_name: str = Configs.prog_name
-    version_info: tuple = (4, 2, 6)
+    version_info: tuple = (4, 2, 7)
     version: str = '{0}.{1}.{2}'.format(*version_info)
     license: str = 'MIT License'
     author: str = 'dslackw'