diff --git a/renderer/app.js b/renderer/app.js
index 0fa7e2f..7356b5f 100644
--- a/renderer/app.js
+++ b/renderer/app.js
@@ -840,12 +840,10 @@ async function requestUpdateCheck({ forceRefresh = true } = {}) {
   if (_updateCheckBusy) return null;
   _updateCheckBusy = true;
   _syncHeaderUpdateState();
-  showCopyToast('Suche nach Updates…');
   try {
     const result = await window.api.checkForUpdate({ forceRefresh });
     if (result && result.available) {
       showUpdateBanner(result);
-      showCopyToast('Update gefunden!');
     } else if (result && result.error) {
       showCopyToast('Updateprüfung fehlgeschlagen');
     } else {
@@ -7436,7 +7434,7 @@ function setupListeners() {
     if (e.target.id === 'jobLogModal') hideJobLogModal();
   });
 
-  document.getElementById('headerUpdateBtn')?.addEventListener('click', requestUpdateCheck);
+  document.getElementById('headerUpdateBtn')?.addEventListener('click', () => requestUpdateCheck({ forceRefresh: false }));
   document.getElementById('installUpdateBtn')?.addEventListener('click', installKnownUpdate);
   document.getElementById('dismissUpdateBtn')?.addEventListener('click', handleUpdateDismiss);
   document.getElementById('updateCloseBtn')?.addEventListener('click', closeUpdateDialog);
diff --git a/renderer/i18n.js b/renderer/i18n.js
index 9b3706b..7572221 100644
--- a/renderer/i18n.js
+++ b/renderer/i18n.js
@@ -582,7 +582,6 @@
     ['Speichern vor dem Beenden hat zu lange gedauert', 'Saving before quitting took too long'],
     ['Stoppt nach aktiven Uploads...', 'Stopping after active uploads...'],
     ['Suche nach Aktualisierungen…', 'Checking for updates…'],
-    ['Suche nach Updates…', 'Checking for updates…'],
     ['System wird heruntergefahren in', 'System will shut down in'],
     ['Übernehmen', 'Apply'],
     ['Übersprungen', 'Skipped'],
diff --git a/renderer/styles.css b/renderer/styles.css
index bd9f81f..66ad6aa 100644
--- a/renderer/styles.css
+++ b/renderer/styles.css
@@ -2405,14 +2405,14 @@ select.hs-input { max-width: none; width: auto; min-width: 140px; }
   border: 1px solid transparent;
   border-radius: 6px;
   background: transparent;
-  color: var(--text-dim);
+  color: var(--danger);
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 
 .update-close-button:hover {
-  border-color: var(--border);
-  background: var(--bg-active);
-  color: var(--text);
+  border-color: transparent;
+  background: var(--danger);
+  color: #000;
 }
 
 .update-close-button svg {
diff --git a/tests/ui-smoke.js b/tests/ui-smoke.js
index 08b1160..76deb5f 100644
--- a/tests/ui-smoke.js
+++ b/tests/ui-smoke.js
@@ -2445,6 +2445,8 @@ setTimeout(async () => {
 
     const updateDialogActions = await wc.executeJavaScript('[document.getElementById("dismissUpdateBtn")?.textContent?.trim(), document.getElementById("installUpdateBtn")?.textContent?.trim()].join("|")');
     check('Update dialog offers cancel and install actions', updateDialogActions === 'Abbrechen|Jetzt installieren');
+    const updateCloseColor = await wc.executeJavaScript('getComputedStyle(document.getElementById("updateCloseBtn")).color');
+    check('Update dialog exposes a red close action', updateCloseColor === 'rgb(255, 133, 140)');
     const updateDialogChangelog = await wc.executeJavaScript('(() => { const title = document.querySelector(".update-release-notes-title"); const body = document.getElementById("updateReleaseNotesBody"); const titleRect = title?.getBoundingClientRect(); const bodyRect = body?.getBoundingClientRect(); return { hidden: document.getElementById("updateReleaseNotes")?.hidden, title: title?.textContent?.trim(), body: body?.textContent, gap: bodyRect && titleRect ? bodyRect.top - titleRect.bottom : null }; })()');
     check('Update dialog renders a compact normalized changelog', updateDialogChangelog.hidden === false && updateDialogChangelog.title === 'Changelog' && updateDialogChangelog.body === 'New in this version\\n\\nMenus and navigation\\n\\n• Added live language switching.\\n• Improved settings layout.' && updateDialogChangelog.gap <= 10);