diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/data_dir.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/data_dir.py
index 0ba011d65..5ea3b49e9 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/data_dir.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/data_dir.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from common.version import get_version
 from monkey_island.cc.server_utils.file_utils import create_secure_directory
 from monkey_island.cc.setup.version_file_setup import (
     get_version_from_dir,
-    is_version_greater,
+    is_version_different,
     write_version,
 )
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def _is_backup_needed(data_dir_path: Path) -> bool:
 
     island_version = get_version()
 
-    return is_version_greater(island_version, data_dir_version)
+    return is_version_different(island_version, data_dir_version)
 
 
 def _rename_data_dir(data_dir_path: Path):
diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/version_file_setup.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/version_file_setup.py
index 52a71ce4f..a1fb2a801 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/version_file_setup.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/version_file_setup.py
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ def write_version(dir_path: Path):
     version_file_path.write_text(get_version())
 
 
-def is_version_greater(version1: str, version2: str) -> bool:
-    return version.parse(version1) > version.parse(version2)
+def is_version_different(version1: str, version2: str) -> bool:
+    return not version.parse(version1) == version.parse(version2)