diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 643a7437..917c054a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4555,6 +4555,7 @@ name = "tauri-plugin-single-instance"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
+ "semver 1.0.16",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tauri",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 94a7e79d..702e4ffc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 log = "0.4"
 tauri = "1"
 tauri-build = "1"
+semver = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
 thiserror = "1"
 
diff --git a/plugins/single-instance/Cargo.toml b/plugins/single-instance/Cargo.toml
index be46f3aa..b7ef93a1 100644
--- a/plugins/single-instance/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/single-instance/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ exclude = ["/examples"]
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+semver.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 tauri.workspace = true
diff --git a/plugins/single-instance/src/lib.rs b/plugins/single-instance/src/lib.rs
index a2ff71af..72360ed2 100644
--- a/plugins/single-instance/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/single-instance/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ mod platform_impl;
 #[path = "platform_impl/macos.rs"]
 mod platform_impl;
 
+
+mod semver_compat;
+
 pub(crate) type SingleInstanceCallback<R> =
     dyn FnMut(&AppHandle<R>, Vec<String>, String) + Send + Sync + 'static;
 
diff --git a/plugins/single-instance/src/platform_impl/linux.rs b/plugins/single-instance/src/platform_impl/linux.rs
index 513526d4..601485a6 100644
--- a/plugins/single-instance/src/platform_impl/linux.rs
+++ b/plugins/single-instance/src/platform_impl/linux.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use crate::SingleInstanceCallback;
+use crate::{SingleInstanceCallback, semver_compat::semver_compat_string};
 use tauri::{
     plugin::{self, TauriPlugin},
     AppHandle, Config, Manager, RunEvent, Runtime,
@@ -26,14 +26,17 @@ impl<R: Runtime> SingleInstanceDBus<R> {
     }
 }
 
-fn dbus_id(config: Arc<Config>) -> String {
-    config.tauri.bundle.identifier.replace(['.', '-'], "_")
+fn dbus_id(config: Arc<Config>, version: semver::Version) -> String {
+    let mut id = config.tauri.bundle.identifier.replace(['.', '-'], "_");
+    id.push('_');
+    id.push_str(semver_compat_string(version).as_str());
+    id
 }
 
 pub fn init<R: Runtime>(f: Box<SingleInstanceCallback<R>>) -> TauriPlugin<R> {
     plugin::Builder::new("single-instance")
         .setup(|app| {
-            let id = dbus_id(app.config());
+            let id = dbus_id(app.config(), app.package_info().version.clone());
             let single_instance_dbus = SingleInstanceDBus {
                 callback: f,
                 app_handle: app.clone(),
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ pub fn init<R: Runtime>(f: Box<SingleInstanceCallback<R>>) -> TauriPlugin<R> {
 
 pub fn destroy<R: Runtime, M: Manager<R>>(manager: &M) {
     if let Some(connection) = manager.try_state::<ConnectionHandle>() {
-        let dbus_name = format!("org.{}.SingleInstance", dbus_id(manager.config()));
+        let dbus_name = format!("org.{}.SingleInstance", dbus_id(manager.config(), manager.app_handle().package_info().version.clone()));
         let _ = connection.0.release_name(dbus_name);
     }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/single-instance/src/platform_impl/windows.rs b/plugins/single-instance/src/platform_impl/windows.rs
index 5919d3e1..3d977c97 100644
--- a/plugins/single-instance/src/platform_impl/windows.rs
+++ b/plugins/single-instance/src/platform_impl/windows.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 
-use crate::SingleInstanceCallback;
+use crate::{SingleInstanceCallback, semver_compat::semver_compat_string};
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use tauri::{
     plugin::{self, TauriPlugin},
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ const WMCOPYDATA_SINGLE_INSTANCE_DATA: usize = 1542;
 pub fn init<R: Runtime>(f: Box<SingleInstanceCallback<R>>) -> TauriPlugin<R> {
     plugin::Builder::new("single-instance")
         .setup(|app| {
-            let id = &app.config().tauri.bundle.identifier;
+            let mut id = (&app.config().tauri.bundle.identifier).to_owned();
+            id.push('_');
+            id.push_str(semver_compat_string(app.package_info().version.clone()).as_str());
 
             let class_name = encode_wide(format!("{id}-sic"));
             let window_name = encode_wide(format!("{id}-siw"));
diff --git a/plugins/single-instance/src/semver_compat.rs b/plugins/single-instance/src/semver_compat.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..497db738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/single-instance/src/semver_compat.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/// Takes a version and spits out a String with trailing .x, thus only considering the digits
+/// relevant regarding semver compatibility
+pub fn semver_compat_string(version: semver::Version) -> String {
+  if version.pre.is_empty() == false { // for pre-release always treat each version separately
+      return version.to_string().replace(['.', '-'], "_")
+  }
+  match version.major {
+      0 => {
+          match version.minor {
+              0 => format!("0_0_{}", version.patch),
+              _ => format!("0_{}_x", version.minor),
+          }
+      },
+      _ => format!("{}_x_x", version.major)
+  }
+}
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