diff --git a/spyder/plugins/updatemanager/tests/test_update_manager.py b/spyder/plugins/updatemanager/tests/test_update_manager.py
index a59e61de4e1..30fac1e39fc 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/updatemanager/tests/test_update_manager.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/updatemanager/tests/test_update_manager.py
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@
 
 import os
 import logging
+from packaging.version import parse
 
 import pytest
 
 from spyder.config.base import running_in_ci
 from spyder.plugins.updatemanager import workers
-from spyder.plugins.updatemanager.workers import WorkerUpdate, HTTP_ERROR_MSG
+from spyder.plugins.updatemanager.workers import (
+    get_asset_info, WorkerUpdate, HTTP_ERROR_MSG
+)
 from spyder.plugins.updatemanager.widgets import update
 from spyder.plugins.updatemanager.widgets.update import UpdateManagerWidget
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ def test_updates(qtbot, mocker, caplog, version, channel):
     mocker.patch.object(
         UpdateManagerWidget, "start_update", new=lambda x: None
     )
-    mocker.patch.object(workers, "__version__", new=version)
+    mocker.patch.object(workers, "CURR_VER", new=parse(version))
     mocker.patch.object(
         workers, "get_spyder_conda_channel", return_value=channel
     )
@@ -77,25 +80,59 @@ def test_updates(qtbot, mocker, caplog, version, channel):
         assert update_available
     else:
         assert not update_available
-    assert len(um.update_worker.releases) >= 1
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("release", ["4.0.1", "4.0.1a1"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("release", ["6.0.0", "6.0.0b3"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("version", ["4.0.0a1", "4.0.0"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("stable_only", [True, False])
 def test_update_non_stable(qtbot, mocker, version, release, stable_only):
     """Test we offer unstable updates."""
-    mocker.patch.object(workers, "__version__", new=version)
+    mocker.patch.object(workers, "CURR_VER", new=parse(version))
 
+    release = parse(release)
     worker = WorkerUpdate(stable_only)
-    worker.releases = [release]
-    worker._check_update_available()
+    worker._check_update_available([release])
 
-    update_available = worker.update_available
-    if "a" in release and stable_only:
-        assert not update_available
+    if release.is_prerelease and stable_only:
+        assert not worker.update_available
     else:
-        assert update_available
+        assert worker.update_available
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("version", ["4.0.0", "6.0.0"])
+def test_update_no_asset(qtbot, mocker, version):
+    """Test update availability when asset is not available"""
+    mocker.patch.object(workers, "CURR_VER", new=parse(version))
+
+    releases = [parse("6.0.1"), parse("6.100.0")]
+    worker = WorkerUpdate(True)
+    worker._check_update_available(releases)
+
+    # For both values of version, there should be an update available
+    # However, the available version should be 6.0.1, since there is
+    # no asset for 6.100.0
+    assert worker.update_available
+    assert worker.latest_release == releases[0]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "release,update_type",
+    [("6.0.1", "micro"), ("6.1.0", "minor"), ("7.0.0", "major")]
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("app", [True, False])
+def test_get_asset_info(qtbot, mocker, release, update_type, app):
+    mocker.patch.object(workers, "CURR_VER", new=parse("6.0.0"))
+    mocker.patch.object(workers, "is_conda_based_app", return_value=app)
+
+    info = get_asset_info(release)
+    assert info['update_type'] == update_type
+
+    if update_type == "major" or not app:
+        assert info['url'].endswith(('.exe', '.pkg', '.sh'))
+        assert info['name'].endswith(('.exe', '.pkg', '.sh'))
+    else:
+        assert info['url'].endswith(".zip")
+        assert info['name'].endswith(".zip")
 
 
 # ---- Test WorkerDownloadInstaller