diff --git a/internal/app/base/migration.go b/internal/app/base/migration.go
index 203dd7a0..07e9aad8 100644
--- a/internal/app/base/migration.go
+++ b/internal/app/base/migration.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func migrateFiles(configName string) error {
 	if err := migrateCacheFromBoth15xAnd16x(locations, userCacheDir); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := migrateUpdatesFrom16x(locations); err != nil {
+	if err := migrateUpdatesFrom16x(configName, locations); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -91,7 +91,15 @@ func migrateCacheFromBoth15xAnd16x(locations *locations.Locations, userCacheDir
 	)
 }
 
-func migrateUpdatesFrom16x(locations *locations.Locations) error {
+func migrateUpdatesFrom16x(configName string, locations *locations.Locations) error {
+	// In order to properly update Bridge 1.6.X and higher we need to
+	// change the launcher first. Since this is not part of automatic
+	// updates the migration must wait until manual update. Until that
+	// we need to keep old path.
+	if configName == "bridge" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	oldUpdatesPath := locations.GetOldUpdatesPath()
 	// Do not use ProvideUpdatesPath, that creates dir right away.
 	newUpdatesPath := locations.GetUpdatesPath()
diff --git a/internal/locations/locations.go b/internal/locations/locations.go
index 317ecf3b..6127d6e0 100644
--- a/internal/locations/locations.go
+++ b/internal/locations/locations.go
@@ -189,6 +189,14 @@ func (l *Locations) getCachePath() string {
 }
 
 func (l *Locations) getUpdatesPath() string {
+	// In order to properly update Bridge 1.6.X and higher we need to
+	// change the launcher first. Since this is not part of automatic
+	// updates the migration must wait until manual update. Until that
+	// we need to keep old path.
+	if l.configName == "bridge" {
+		return l.GetOldUpdatesPath()
+	}
+
 	// Users might use tools to regularly clear caches, which would mean always
 	// removing updates, therefore Bridge updates have to be somewhere else.
 	return filepath.Join(l.userConfig, "updates")