diff --git a/legend-depot-artifacts-services/src/main/java/org/finos/legend/depot/services/artifacts/refresh/ProjectVersionRefreshHandler.java b/legend-depot-artifacts-services/src/main/java/org/finos/legend/depot/services/artifacts/refresh/ProjectVersionRefreshHandler.java
index 73730695b..49c01fb2d 100644
--- a/legend-depot-artifacts-services/src/main/java/org/finos/legend/depot/services/artifacts/refresh/ProjectVersionRefreshHandler.java
+++ b/legend-depot-artifacts-services/src/main/java/org/finos/legend/depot/services/artifacts/refresh/ProjectVersionRefreshHandler.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 import org.finos.legend.depot.services.api.artifacts.handlers.ProjectArtifactsHandler;
 import org.finos.legend.depot.core.services.tracing.TracerFactory;
 import org.finos.legend.depot.core.services.metrics.PrometheusMetricsFactory;
-import org.finos.legend.sdlc.domain.model.version.VersionId;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -308,28 +307,10 @@ private void updateProjectVersionData(StoreProjectData project, String versionId
 
     private void updateProjectData(StoreProjectData projectData, String versionId)
     {
-        if (!VersionValidator.isSnapshotVersion(versionId))
+        if (projectData.evaluateLatestVersionAndUpdate(versionId))
         {
-            String latestVersion = calculateLatestVersion(projectData.getLatestVersion(), versionId);
-            if (!latestVersion.equals(projectData.getLatestVersion()))
-            {
-                projectData.setLatestVersion(latestVersion);
-                projects.createOrUpdate(projectData);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private String calculateLatestVersion(String projectLatestVersion, String versionId)
-    {
-        if (projectLatestVersion == null)
-        {
-            return versionId;
-        }
-        else if (VersionId.parseVersionId(versionId).compareTo(VersionId.parseVersionId(projectLatestVersion)) > 1)
-        {
-            return versionId;
+            projects.createOrUpdate(projectData);
         }
-        return projectLatestVersion;
     }
 
     private String queueWorkToRefreshProjectVersion(StoreProjectData projectData, String versionId, boolean fullUpdate, boolean transitive, String parentEvent)
diff --git a/legend-depot-core-data-api/src/main/java/org/finos/legend/depot/store/model/projects/StoreProjectData.java b/legend-depot-core-data-api/src/main/java/org/finos/legend/depot/store/model/projects/StoreProjectData.java
index ea8f5b2cd..aab9f4a49 100644
--- a/legend-depot-core-data-api/src/main/java/org/finos/legend/depot/store/model/projects/StoreProjectData.java
+++ b/legend-depot-core-data-api/src/main/java/org/finos/legend/depot/store/model/projects/StoreProjectData.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
 import org.finos.legend.depot.store.model.HasIdentifier;
 import org.finos.legend.depot.domain.CoordinateData;
+import org.finos.legend.sdlc.domain.model.version.VersionId;
+import org.finos.legend.depot.domain.version.VersionValidator;
 
 @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public class StoreProjectData extends CoordinateData implements HasIdentifier
@@ -78,6 +80,17 @@ public void setLatestVersion(String latestVersion)
         this.latestVersion = latestVersion;
     }
 
+    public boolean evaluateLatestVersionAndUpdate(String candidateVersion)
+    {
+        if (!VersionValidator.isSnapshotVersion(candidateVersion) &&
+            (this.getLatestVersion() == null || VersionId.parseVersionId(candidateVersion).compareTo(VersionId.parseVersionId(this.getLatestVersion())) == 1))
+        {
+            this.setLatestVersion(candidateVersion);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     @Override
     @JsonIgnore
     public String getId()
diff --git a/legend-depot-core-data-api/src/test/java/org/finos/legend/depot/domain/project/TestProjectValidator.java b/legend-depot-core-data-api/src/test/java/org/finos/legend/depot/domain/project/TestProjectUtilities.java
similarity index 63%
rename from legend-depot-core-data-api/src/test/java/org/finos/legend/depot/domain/project/TestProjectValidator.java
rename to legend-depot-core-data-api/src/test/java/org/finos/legend/depot/domain/project/TestProjectUtilities.java
index f8dabde5c..fb6acc5a8 100644
--- a/legend-depot-core-data-api/src/test/java/org/finos/legend/depot/domain/project/TestProjectValidator.java
+++ b/legend-depot-core-data-api/src/test/java/org/finos/legend/depot/domain/project/TestProjectUtilities.java
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 package org.finos.legend.depot.domain.project;
 
 import org.finos.legend.depot.domain.CoordinateValidator;
+import org.finos.legend.depot.store.model.projects.StoreProjectData;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-public class TestProjectValidator
+public class TestProjectUtilities
 {
 
     @Test
@@ -41,4 +42,23 @@ public void validArtifactId()
         Assert.assertFalse(CoordinateValidator.isValidArtifactId(""));
         Assert.assertFalse(CoordinateValidator.isValidArtifactId("singleWordNoDots"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEvaluateLatestVersionAndUpdate()
+    {
+        StoreProjectData projectData = new StoreProjectData("PROD-1", "examples.test", "metadata", null, "2.1.0");
+
+        Assert.assertTrue(projectData.evaluateLatestVersionAndUpdate("3.0.0"));
+        Assert.assertEquals(projectData.getLatestVersion(), "3.0.0");
+
+        projectData.setLatestVersion("2.1.0");
+        Assert.assertFalse(projectData.evaluateLatestVersionAndUpdate("2.1.0"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(projectData.evaluateLatestVersionAndUpdate("2.0.1"));
+
+        projectData = new StoreProjectData("PROD-1", "examples.test", "metadata", null, null);
+        Assert.assertTrue(projectData.evaluateLatestVersionAndUpdate("3.0.0"));
+        Assert.assertEquals(projectData.getLatestVersion(), "3.0.0");
+
+        Assert.assertFalse(projectData.evaluateLatestVersionAndUpdate("master-SNAPSHOT"));
+    }
 }