diff --git a/src/commands/install.ts b/src/commands/install.ts
index d5c4076e..1dbfc435 100644
--- a/src/commands/install.ts
+++ b/src/commands/install.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,24 @@ export default class InstallCommand extends UpdateCommand {
       const {args} = this.parse(InstallCommand)
 
       // Check if this command is trying to update the channel. TODO: make this dynamic
-      const channelUpdateRequested = ['alpha', 'beta', 'next', 'stable'].some(c => args.version === c)
+      const prereleaseChannels = ['alpha', 'beta', 'next']
+      const channelUpdateRequested = ['stable', ...prereleaseChannels].some(
+        c => args.version === c,
+      )
       this.channel = channelUpdateRequested ? args.version : await this.determineChannel()
+
+      const targetVersion = semver.clean(args.version) || args.version
+      // Determine if the version is from a different channel and update to account for it (ex. cli-example update 3.0.0-next.22 should update the channel to next as well.)
+      const versionParts = targetVersion?.split('-') || ['', '']
+      if (versionParts && versionParts[1]) {
+        this.channel = versionParts[1].substr(0, versionParts[1].indexOf('.'))
+        this.debug(`Flag overriden target channel: ${this.channel}`)
+      }
+
       const versions = fs
       .readdirSync(this.clientRoot)
       .filter(dirOrFile => dirOrFile !== 'bin' && dirOrFile !== 'current')
 
-      const targetVersion = semver.clean(args.version) || args.version
-
       if (versions.includes(targetVersion)) {
         await this.updateToExistingVersion(targetVersion)
         this.currentVersion = await this.determineCurrentVersion()
@@ -29,6 +39,10 @@ export default class InstallCommand extends UpdateCommand {
           await this.setChannel()
         }
       } else {
+        let specifiVersion
+        if (targetVersion !== this.channel) {
+          specifiVersion = targetVersion
+        }
         cli.action.start(`${this.config.name}: Updating CLI`)
         await this.config.runHook('preupdate', {channel: this.channel})
         const manifest = await this.fetchManifest()
@@ -38,7 +52,7 @@ export default class InstallCommand extends UpdateCommand {
         this.debug(`Updating to ${this.updatedVersion}`)
         const reason = await this.skipUpdate()
         if (reason) cli.action.stop(reason || 'done')
-        else await this.update(manifest, this.channel)
+        else await this.update(manifest, this.channel, specifiVersion)
         this.debug('tidy')
         await this.tidy()
         await this.config.runHook('update', {channel: this.channel})
diff --git a/src/commands/update.ts b/src/commands/update.ts
index b77eee3b..a9f0c9d6 100644
--- a/src/commands/update.ts
+++ b/src/commands/update.ts
@@ -154,44 +154,34 @@ export default class UpdateCommand extends Command {
     }
   }
 
-  protected async downloadAndExtract(
-    output: string,
-    manifest: IManifest,
-    channel: string,
-  ) {
-    const { version } = manifest;
+  protected async downloadAndExtract(output: string, manifest: IManifest, channel: string, targetVersion?: string) {
+    const {version} = manifest
 
     const filesize = (n: number): string => {
-      const [num, suffix] = require('filesize')(n, { output: 'array' });
-      return num.toFixed(1) + ` ${suffix}`;
-    };
+      const [num, suffix] = require('filesize')(n, {output: 'array'})
+      return num.toFixed(1) + ` ${suffix}`
+    }
 
-    const http: typeof HTTP = require('http-call').HTTP;
-    const gzUrl =
-      manifest.gz ||
-      this.config.s3Url(
-        this.config.s3Key('versioned', {
-          version,
-          channel,
-          bin: this.config.bin,
-          platform: this.config.platform,
-          arch: this.config.arch,
-          ext: 'gz',
-        }),
-      );
-    const { response: stream } = await http.stream(gzUrl);
-    stream.pause();
-
-    const baseDir =
-      manifest.baseDir ||
-      this.config.s3Key('baseDir', {
-        version,
-        channel,
-        bin: this.config.bin,
-        platform: this.config.platform,
-        arch: this.config.arch,
-      });
-    const extraction = extract(stream, baseDir, output, manifest.sha256gz);
+    const http: typeof HTTP = require('http-call').HTTP
+    const gzUrl = !targetVersion && manifest.gz ? manifest.gz : this.config.s3Url(this.config.s3Key('versioned', {
+      version: targetVersion,
+      channel,
+      bin: this.config.bin,
+      platform: this.config.platform,
+      arch: this.config.arch,
+      ext: targetVersion ? 'tar.gz' : 'gz',
+    }))
+    const {response: stream} = await http.stream(gzUrl)
+    stream.pause()
+
+    const baseDir = manifest.baseDir || this.config.s3Key('baseDir', {
+      version,
+      channel,
+      bin: this.config.bin,
+      platform: this.config.platform,
+      arch: this.config.arch,
+    })
+    const extraction = extract(stream, baseDir, output, manifest.sha256gz)
 
     // to-do: use cli.action.type
     if ((cli.action as any).frames) {
@@ -215,22 +205,16 @@ export default class UpdateCommand extends Command {
     await extraction;
   }
 
-  protected async update(manifest: IManifest, channel = this.channel) {
-    const { channel: manifestChannel } = manifest;
-    if (manifestChannel) channel = manifestChannel;
-    cli.action.start(
-      `${this.config.name}: Updating CLI from ${color.green(
-        this.currentVersion,
-      )} to ${color.green(this.updatedVersion)}${
-        channel === 'stable' ? '' : ' (' + color.yellow(channel) + ')'
-      }`,
-    );
+  protected async update(manifest: IManifest, channel = this.channel, targetVersion?: string) {
+    const {channel: manifestChannel} = manifest
+    if (manifestChannel) channel = manifestChannel
+    cli.action.start(`${this.config.name}: Updating CLI from ${color.green(this.currentVersion)} to ${color.green(this.updatedVersion)}${channel === 'stable' ? '' : ' (' + color.yellow(channel) + ')'}`)
 
-    await this.ensureClientDir();
-    const output = path.join(this.clientRoot, this.updatedVersion);
+    await this.ensureClientDir()
+    const output = path.join(this.clientRoot, this.updatedVersion)
 
-    if (!(await fs.pathExists(output))) {
-      await this.downloadAndExtract(output, manifest, channel);
+    if (!await fs.pathExists(output)) {
+      await this.downloadAndExtract(output, manifest, channel, targetVersion)
     }
 
     await this.setChannel();
diff --git a/test/commands/install.test.ts b/test/commands/install.test.ts
index 7247b986..748f7e18 100644
--- a/test/commands/install.test.ts
+++ b/test/commands/install.test.ts
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ describe('Install Command', () => {
 
   it('when requesting a version, will return the explicit version with appropriate URL', async () => {
     mockFs.readdirSync.mockReturnValue([] as any)
-    commandInstance = new MockedInstallCommand(['2.2.1'], config)
+    commandInstance = new MockedInstallCommand(['2.2.1-next.22'], config)
 
     http.get.mockResolvedValue({body: {
-      version: '2.2.1',
+      version: '2.2.1-next.22',
       baseDir: 'test-cli',
       channel: 'next',
-      gz: 'https://test-cli-oclif.s3.amazonaws.com/test-cli-v2.2.1/test-cli-v2.2.1.tar.gz',
-      xz: 'https://test-cli-oclif.s3.amazonaws.com/test-cli-v2.2.1/test-cli-v2.2.1.tar.xz',
+      gz: 'https://test-cli-oclif.s3.amazonaws.com/test-cli-v2.2.1-next.22/test-cli-v2.2.1-next.22.tar.gz',
+      xz: 'https://test-cli-oclif.s3.amazonaws.com/test-cli-v2.2.1-next.22/test-cli-v2.2.1-next.22.tar.xz',
       sha256gz: 'cae9de53d3cb9bfdb43b5fd75b1d9f4655e07cf479a8d86658155ff66d618dbb',
       node: {
         compatible: '>=10',
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ describe('Install Command', () => {
     await commandInstance.run()
 
     expect(commandInstance.downloadAndExtract).toBeCalled()
-    expect(commandInstance.updatedVersion).toBe('2.2.1')
+    expect(commandInstance.updatedVersion).toBe('2.2.1-next.22')
   })
 
   it('when requesting a version already available locally, will call updateToExistingVersion', async () => {