diff --git a/src/scripts/darwin.sh b/src/scripts/darwin.sh
index 5a2970f6..089c13f7 100644
--- a/src/scripts/darwin.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/darwin.sh
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ get_brewed_php() {
   cellar="$brew_prefix"/Cellar
   php_cellar="$cellar"/php
   if [ -d "$cellar" ] && ! [[ "$(find "$cellar" -maxdepth 1 -name "php@$version*" | wc -l 2>/dev/null)" -eq 0 ]]; then
-    php_semver | cut -c 1-3
+    php_semver
   elif [ -d "$php_cellar" ] && ! [[ "$(find "$php_cellar" -maxdepth 1 -name "$version*" | wc -l 2>/dev/null)" -eq 0 ]]; then
-    php_semver | cut -c 1-3
+    php_semver
   else
     echo 'false';
   fi
@@ -160,17 +160,24 @@ get_brewed_php() {
 add_php() {
   action=$1
   existing_version=$2
-  add_brew_tap "$php_tap"
-  update_dependencies
   suffix="$(get_php_formula_suffix)"
-  php_formula="shivammathur/php/php@$version$suffix"
+  php_keg="php@$version$suffix"
+  php_formula="shivammathur/php/$php_keg"
+  if [[ "$existing_version" = "false" || -n "$suffix" || "$action" = "upgrade" ]]; then
+    update_dependencies
+    add_brew_tap
+  fi
   if [[ "$existing_version" != "false" && -z "$suffix" ]]; then
-    ([ "$action" = "upgrade" ] && brew upgrade -f --overwrite "$php_formula") || brew unlink "$php_formula"
+    if [ "$action" = "upgrade" ]; then
+      brew upgrade -f --overwrite "$php_formula"
+    else
+      brew unlink "$php_keg"
+    fi
   else
     brew install -f --overwrite "$php_formula"
   fi
   sudo chown -R "$(id -un)":"$(id -gn)" "$brew_prefix"
-  brew link --force --overwrite "$php_formula"
+  brew link --force --overwrite "$php_keg"
 }
 
 # Function to get formula suffix
@@ -222,18 +229,18 @@ setup_php() {
   update=true
   check_pre_installed
   existing_version=$(get_brewed_php)
+  status="Found"
   if [[ "$version" =~ ${old_versions:?} ]]; then
     run_script "php5-darwin" "${version/./}" >/dev/null 2>&1
     status="Installed"
-  elif [ "$existing_version" != "$version" ]; then
+  elif [ "${existing_version:0:3}" != "$version" ]; then
     add_php "install" "$existing_version" >/dev/null 2>&1
     status="Installed"
-  elif [ "$existing_version" = "$version" ]; then
-    if [ "${update:?}" = "true" ]; then
+  elif [[ "${existing_version:0:3}" = "$version" && "${update:?}" = "true" ]]; then
+    brew_php_version="$(brew info --json "php@$version" 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.[].versions.stable')"
+    if [ "$brew_php_version" != "$existing_version" ]; then
       add_php "upgrade" "$existing_version" >/dev/null 2>&1
-      status="Updated to"
-    else
-      status="Found"
+      status="Upgraded"
     fi
   fi
   php_config="$(command -v php-config)"