diff --git a/R/saga-gis.R b/R/saga-gis.R
index c6b00a6..c06b528 100644
--- a/R/saga-gis.R
+++ b/R/saga-gis.R
@@ -462,14 +462,14 @@ saga_gis <-
     }
 
     # SAGA versions < 7.5 only allow direct writing to native formats
-    if (senv$saga_vers < 7.5 & !raster_format %in% c("SAGA", "SAGA Compressed")) {
+    if (senv$saga_vers < "7.5" & !raster_format %in% c("SAGA", "SAGA Compressed")) {
       rlang::abort(paste(
         "SAGA versions < 7.5 only allow directly writing of",
         "raster data via the 'SAGA' or 'SAGA Compressed' raster formats"
       ))
     }
 
-    if (senv$saga_vers < 5.0 & raster_format != "SAGA") {
+    if (senv$saga_vers < "5.0" & raster_format != "SAGA") {
       rlang::abort("SAGA versions < 5.0 only allow the 'SAGA' raster format")
     }
 
@@ -484,13 +484,13 @@ saga_gis <-
     }
 
     if (all(vector_format == c("ESRI Shapefile", "GeoPackage")) &
-      senv$saga_vers < 7.0) {
+      senv$saga_vers < "7.0") {
       vector_format <- "ESRI Shapefile"
     } else {
       vector_format <- "GeoPackage"
     }
 
-    if (senv$saga_vers < 7.0 & vector_format != "ESRI Shapefile") {
+    if (senv$saga_vers < "7.0" & vector_format != "ESRI Shapefile") {
       rlang::abort(paste(
         "SAGA versions < 7.0 only allow directly writing of",
         "vector data via the 'ESRI Shapefile' vector format"
diff --git a/R/saga-version.R b/R/saga-version.R
index 9818d23..ffe9a3d 100644
--- a/R/saga-version.R
+++ b/R/saga-version.R
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ saga_version <- function(saga_cmd) {
     m = regexpr("[[:digit:]]?[.][[:digit:]]{1,2}[.][[:digit:]]", saga_vers)
   )
   saga_vers <- trimws(saga_vers)
-
   as.numeric_version(saga_vers)
 }