diff --git a/src/Composer/VersionComparator.php b/src/Composer/VersionComparator.php
index a780054..8acac16 100644
--- a/src/Composer/VersionComparator.php
+++ b/src/Composer/VersionComparator.php
@@ -14,4 +14,23 @@ public static function areAndMinorVersionsEqual(string $firstVersion, string $se
         // if major and minor are equal, we can skip the update
         return $firstMajor === $secondMajor && $firstMinor === $secondMinor;
     }
+
+    public static function areVersionsEqual(string $firstVersion, string $secondVersion): bool
+    {
+        return self::normalizeVersion($firstVersion) === self::normalizeVersion($secondVersion);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Make versions comparable, e.g. "v2.3" and "2.3.0" are the same version
+     */
+    private static function normalizeVersion(string $version): string
+    {
+        $version = ltrim($version, 'v');
+
+        while (preg_match('#^\d+(\.\d+)?$#', $version) === 1) {
+            $version .= '.0';
+        }
+
+        return $version;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/OutdatedComposerFactory.php b/src/OutdatedComposerFactory.php
index 02d0e54..bd31ab4 100644
--- a/src/OutdatedComposerFactory.php
+++ b/src/OutdatedComposerFactory.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace Rector\Jack;
 
+use Rector\Jack\Composer\VersionComparator;
 use Rector\Jack\Mapper\OutdatedPackageMapper;
 use Rector\Jack\ValueObject\OutdatedComposer;
 use Rector\Jack\ValueObject\OutdatedPackage;
@@ -26,9 +27,14 @@ public function createOutdatedComposer(array $installedPackages, string $compose
         $outdatedPackages = $this->outdatedPackageMapper->mapToObjects($installedPackages, $composerJsonFilePath);
 
         // filter out dev packages, those are silently added, when "minimum-stability" is set to "dev"
+        // filter out false positives, where the latest version is the same as the current one
         $nonDevOutdatedPackages = array_filter(
             $outdatedPackages,
             fn (OutdatedPackage $outdatedPackage): bool => ! $outdatedPackage->lastestIsDevBranch()
+                && ! VersionComparator::areVersionsEqual(
+                    $outdatedPackage->getCurrentVersion(),
+                    $outdatedPackage->getLatestVersion()
+                )
         );
 
         return new OutdatedComposer($nonDevOutdatedPackages);
diff --git a/tests/OutdatedComposerFactory/Fixture/some-composer.json b/tests/OutdatedComposerFactory/Fixture/some-composer.json
index 96aa4e1..cedf39b 100644
--- a/tests/OutdatedComposerFactory/Fixture/some-composer.json
+++ b/tests/OutdatedComposerFactory/Fixture/some-composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "some/project",
     "require": {
-        "symfony/console": "^3.5"
+        "symfony/console": "^3.5",
+        "phpecs/phpecs": "^2.3"
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/OutdatedComposerFactory/OutdatedComposerFactoryTest.php b/tests/OutdatedComposerFactory/OutdatedComposerFactoryTest.php
index 52f933f..a49a625 100644
--- a/tests/OutdatedComposerFactory/OutdatedComposerFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/OutdatedComposerFactory/OutdatedComposerFactoryTest.php
@@ -36,4 +36,28 @@ public function test(): void
 
         $this->assertCount(0, $outdatedComposer->getDevPackages());
     }
+
+    public function testSkipsPackageWithSameCurrentAndLatestVersion(): void
+    {
+        $outdatedComposerFactory = $this->make(OutdatedComposerFactory::class);
+
+        $outdatedComposer = $outdatedComposerFactory->createOutdatedComposer([
+            [
+                'name' => 'phpecs/phpecs',
+                'direct-dependency' => true,
+                'homepage' => 'https://github.com/easy-coding-standard/easy-coding-standard',
+                'source' => 'https://github.com/easy-coding-standard/easy-coding-standard/tree/2.3.0',
+                'version' => '2.3.0',
+                'release-age' => '5 months old',
+                'release-date' => '2026-01-12T10:00:00+00:00',
+                'latest' => '2.3',
+                'latest-status' => 'update-possible',
+                'latest-release-date' => '2026-01-12T10:00:00+00:00',
+                'description' => 'Use coding standard fixers and sniffs with 0-knowledge',
+                'abandoned' => false,
+            ],
+        ], __DIR__ . '/Fixture/some-composer.json');
+
+        $this->assertCount(0, $outdatedComposer->getPackages());
+    }
 }