diff --git a/platform/whatsNew/src/com/intellij/platform/whatsNew/WhatsNewContentVersionChecker.kt b/platform/whatsNew/src/com/intellij/platform/whatsNew/WhatsNewContentVersionChecker.kt
index 49183fbfe90a..b527ed28c3ea 100644
--- a/platform/whatsNew/src/com/intellij/platform/whatsNew/WhatsNewContentVersionChecker.kt
+++ b/platform/whatsNew/src/com/intellij/platform/whatsNew/WhatsNewContentVersionChecker.kt
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ internal class WhatsNewContentVersionChecker {
       storedVersion: WhatsNewContent.ContentVersion,
       newVersion: WhatsNewContent.ContentVersion): Boolean {
       if (storedVersion.hash.nullize() != null && newVersion.hash.nullize() != null) {
-        // If both versions have hashes, then show any new content.
-        return storedVersion.hash != newVersion.hash
+        // If both versions have hashes, then show any new content (i.e., hashes are different and the version is new).
+        return storedVersion.hash != newVersion.hash && newVersion >= storedVersion
       }
 
       // At least one of the versions doesn't have a hash: compare them by versions directly, preferring the newest.
diff --git a/platform/whatsNew/testSrc/com/intellij/platform/whatsNew/WhatsNewContentVersionCheckerTest.kt b/platform/whatsNew/testSrc/com/intellij/platform/whatsNew/WhatsNewContentVersionCheckerTest.kt
index 979d2a31037d..bbefa367a09c 100644
--- a/platform/whatsNew/testSrc/com/intellij/platform/whatsNew/WhatsNewContentVersionCheckerTest.kt
+++ b/platform/whatsNew/testSrc/com/intellij/platform/whatsNew/WhatsNewContentVersionCheckerTest.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class WhatsNewContentVersionCheckerTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  fun `Comparison by two hashes just compares hashes and ignores versions`() {
+  fun `Comparison by two hashes just compares hashes and ignores versions if the stored is older`() {
     var version1 = WhatsNewContent.ContentVersion("2020", "9.1", null, "123123")
     var version2 = WhatsNewContent.ContentVersion("2020", "10.1", null, "123123")
     assertFalse(WhatsNewContentVersionChecker.shouldShowWhatsNew(version1, version2))
@@ -44,6 +44,19 @@ class WhatsNewContentVersionCheckerTest {
 
     version1 = WhatsNewContent.ContentVersion("2020", "10.1", null, "1231234")
     version2 = WhatsNewContent.ContentVersion("2020", "9.1", null, "123123")
-    assertTrue(WhatsNewContentVersionChecker.shouldShowWhatsNew(version1, version2))
+    assertFalse(WhatsNewContentVersionChecker.shouldShowWhatsNew(version1, version2))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `Comparison with future version`() {
+    var storedVersion = WhatsNewContent.ContentVersion("2020", "9.1", null, "123123")
+    var newVersion = WhatsNewContent.ContentVersion("2020", "8.1", null, "321321")
+    // On the one hand, the current content differs from the stored. On the other hand, the one stored is *newer*.
+    assertFalse(WhatsNewContentVersionChecker.shouldShowWhatsNew(storedVersion, newVersion))
+
+    storedVersion = WhatsNewContent.ContentVersion("2020", "9.1", null, "123123")
+    newVersion = WhatsNewContent.ContentVersion("2020", "9.1", null, "321321")
+    // Hash-only change ⇒ show the page.
+    assertTrue(WhatsNewContentVersionChecker.shouldShowWhatsNew(storedVersion, newVersion))
   }
 }
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