diff --git a/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui.rs b/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui.rs
index 5038ce404..91053ff55 100644
--- a/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui.rs
+++ b/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui.rs
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ fn handle_system_tray_event(app: &tauri::AppHandle, event: TrayMenuEvent) -> Res
     Ok(())
 }
 
+// Allow dead code because `UpdateNotificationClicked` doesn't work on Linux yet
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 pub(crate) enum ControllerRequest {
     /// The GUI wants us to use these settings in-memory, they've already been saved to disk
     ApplySettings(AdvancedSettings),
@@ -615,7 +617,7 @@ impl Controller {
                 if let Some(req) = self.auth.start_sign_in()? {
                     let url = req.to_url(&self.advanced_settings.auth_base_url);
                     self.refresh_system_tray_menu()?;
-                    os::open_url(&self.app, &url)?;
+                    tauri::api::shell::open(&self.app.shell_scope(), url.expose_secret(), None)?;
                     self.app
                         .get_window("welcome")
                         .context("Couldn't get handle to Welcome window")?
@@ -675,12 +677,7 @@ impl Controller {
                 // We don't need to route through the controller here either, we could
                 // use the `open` crate directly instead of Tauri's wrapper
                 // `tauri::api::shell::open`
-                os::show_clickable_notification(
-                    &title,
-                    "Click here to download the new version.",
-                    self.ctlr_tx.clone(),
-                    Req::UpdateNotificationClicked(release.download_url),
-                )?;
+                os::show_update_notification(self.ctlr_tx.clone(), &title, release.download_url)?;
             }
             Req::UpdateNotificationClicked(download_url) => {
                 tracing::info!("UpdateNotificationClicked in run_controller!");
diff --git a/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui/os_linux.rs b/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui/os_linux.rs
index f5d2aa5a6..9315e7cde 100644
--- a/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui/os_linux.rs
+++ b/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui/os_linux.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-use super::{ControllerRequest, CtlrTx};
 use anyhow::Result;
-use secrecy::{ExposeSecret, SecretString};
-use tauri::{api::notification::Notification, Manager};
+use tauri::api::notification::Notification;
 
-/// Open a URL in the user's default browser
-pub(crate) fn open_url(app: &tauri::AppHandle, url: &SecretString) -> Result<()> {
-    tauri::api::shell::open(&app.shell_scope(), url.expose_secret(), None)?;
+/// Since clickable notifications don't work on Linux yet, the update text
+/// must be different on different platforms
+pub(crate) fn show_update_notification(
+    _ctlr_tx: super::CtlrTx,
+    title: &str,
+    download_url: url::Url,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    show_notification(title, download_url.to_string().as_ref())?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -17,15 +20,3 @@ pub(crate) fn show_notification(title: &str, body: &str) -> Result<()> {
         .show()?;
     Ok(())
 }
-
-/// Show a notification that signals `Controller` when clicked
-pub(crate) fn show_clickable_notification(
-    _title: &str,
-    _body: &str,
-    _tx: CtlrTx,
-    _req: ControllerRequest,
-) -> Result<()> {
-    // TODO: Tauri doesn't seem to have clickable notifications on Linux.
-    // No indication if it'll be in 2.x or if there's a good third-party replacement
-    Ok(())
-}
diff --git a/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui/os_windows.rs b/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui/os_windows.rs
index 47fa88ce5..9ce36137d 100644
--- a/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui/os_windows.rs
+++ b/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui/os_windows.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 use super::{ControllerRequest, CtlrTx};
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use connlib_shared::BUNDLE_ID;
-use secrecy::{ExposeSecret, SecretString};
-use tauri::Manager;
 
-/// Open a URL in the user's default browser
-pub(crate) fn open_url(app: &tauri::AppHandle, url: &SecretString) -> Result<()> {
-    tauri::api::shell::open(&app.shell_scope(), url.expose_secret(), None)?;
+/// Since clickable notifications don't work on Linux yet, the update text
+/// must be different on different platforms
+pub(crate) fn show_update_notification(
+    ctlr_tx: CtlrTx,
+    title: &str,
+    download_url: url::Url,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    show_clickable_notification(
+        title,
+        "Click here to download the new version.",
+        ctlr_tx,
+        ControllerRequest::UpdateNotificationClicked(download_url),
+    )?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -70,6 +78,6 @@ pub(crate) fn show_clickable_notification(
             Ok(())
         })
         .show()
-        .context("Couldn't show clickable notification")?;
+        .context("Couldn't show clickable URL notification")?;
     Ok(())
 }