plugin using version always marked with "updates available"

[mosheavni]

I'm installing bufferline:

  {
    'akinsho/bufferline.nvim',
    version = '^3',
    config = function()
      require 'user.plugins.bufferline'
    end,
  },

but for some reason, even though the tag doesn't change (v.3.1.0 as of writing this post), every check says that there are updates to this plugin.

reproduced with minimal configurations:

minimal.lua

local function join_paths(...)
  local result = table.concat({ ... }, '/')
  return result
end
local temp_dir = vim.loop.os_getenv 'TEMP' or '/tmp'

local package_root = join_paths(temp_dir, 'nvim', 'site', 'lazy')

local lazypath = join_paths(temp_dir, 'nvim', 'site') .. '/lazy/lazy.nvim'

if not vim.loop.fs_stat(lazypath) then

vim.fn.system {

'git',

'clone',

'--filter=blob:none',

'--single-branch',

'https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git',

lazypath,

}

end

vim.opt.runtimepath:prepend(lazypath)
require('lazy').setup({

{

'akinsho/bufferline.nvim',

version = '^3',

config = function()

require 'user.plugins.bufferline'

end,

},

}, {

root = package_root,

})

[mosheavni]

thanks dear @folke 🙏🏼