diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Windows/Dialogs/UpdateDialog.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Windows/Dialogs/UpdateDialog.cpp
index 30668b623..238229123 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Windows/Dialogs/UpdateDialog.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Windows/Dialogs/UpdateDialog.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ void UpdateDialog::on_releaseNotes_clicked()
 
 void UpdateDialog::on_close_clicked()
 {
+  // if there's a pending request, we're cancelling so abort the request. The finished() handler will close the dialog
+  if(m_Request)
+  {
+    m_Cancelled = true;
+    m_Request->abort();
+    return;
+  }
+
   reject();
 }
 
@@ -175,7 +183,7 @@ void UpdateDialog::on_update_clicked()
     ui->progressBar->setValue(0);
     ui->progressText->setText(tr("Preparing Download"));
 
-    ui->close->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->close->setText(tr("Cancel"));
     ui->update->setEnabled(false);
 
     delete m_DownloadTimer;
@@ -183,26 +191,41 @@ void UpdateDialog::on_update_clicked()
 
     m_DownloadTimer->start();
 
-    QNetworkReply *req = m_NetManager->get(QNetworkRequest(QUrl(m_URL)));
+    m_Request = m_NetManager->get(QNetworkRequest(QUrl(m_URL)));
 
-    QObject::connect(req, &QNetworkReply::downloadProgress, [this](qint64 recvd, qint64 total) {
+    QObject::connect(m_Request, &QNetworkReply::downloadProgress, [this](qint64 recvd, qint64 total) {
       UpdateTransferProgress(recvd, total, m_DownloadTimer, ui->progressBar, ui->progressText,
                              tr("Downloading update..."));
     });
 
-    QObject::connect(req, OverloadedSlot<QNetworkReply::NetworkError>::of(&QNetworkReply::error),
-                     [this, req](QNetworkReply::NetworkError err) {
-                       ui->progressBar->setValue(0);
-                       ui->progressText->setText(tr("Network error:\n%1").arg(req->errorString()));
-                       ui->update->setEnabled(true);
-                       ui->close->setEnabled(true);
-                       ui->update->setText(tr("Retry Update"));
-                     });
+    QObject::connect(
+        m_Request, OverloadedSlot<QNetworkReply::NetworkError>::of(&QNetworkReply::error),
+        [this](QNetworkReply::NetworkError err) {
+          ui->progressBar->setValue(0);
+          ui->progressText->setText(tr("Network error:\n%1").arg(m_Request->errorString()));
+          ui->update->setEnabled(true);
+          ui->close->setEnabled(true);
+          ui->close->setText(tr("Close"));
+          ui->update->setText(tr("Retry Update"));
+        });
+
+    QObject::connect(m_Request, &QNetworkReply::finished, [this]() {
+      // if we cancelled, close the dialog now
+      if(m_Cancelled)
+      {
+        m_Request->deleteLater();
+        m_Request = NULL;
+        reject();
+        return;
+      }
 
-    QObject::connect(req, &QNetworkReply::finished, [this, req]() {
       // don't do anything if we're finished after an error
       if(ui->update->isEnabled())
+      {
+        m_Request->deleteLater();
+        m_Request = NULL;
         return;
+      }
 
       QDir dir(QDir::tempPath());
 
@@ -215,7 +238,7 @@ void UpdateDialog::on_update_clicked()
         QFile file(path);
         if(file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate))
         {
-          file.write(req->readAll());
+          file.write(m_Request->readAll());
         }
         else
         {
@@ -225,6 +248,9 @@ void UpdateDialog::on_update_clicked()
         }
       }
 
+      m_Request->deleteLater();
+      m_Request = NULL;
+
       QDir appDir = QFileInfo(QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath()).absoluteDir();
 
       bool success = true;
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Windows/Dialogs/UpdateDialog.h b/qrenderdoc/Windows/Dialogs/UpdateDialog.h
index 2bad716b3..9d758dec5 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Windows/Dialogs/UpdateDialog.h
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Windows/Dialogs/UpdateDialog.h
@@ -64,4 +64,5 @@ private:
 
   QNetworkAccessManager *m_NetManager;
   QNetworkReply *m_Request = NULL;
+  bool m_Cancelled = false;
 };