diff --git a/server/forge/gitea/gitea.go b/server/forge/gitea/gitea.go
index ff97519ad..14378eef6 100644
--- a/server/forge/gitea/gitea.go
+++ b/server/forge/gitea/gitea.go
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ func (c *Gitea) getChangedFilesForPR(ctx context.Context, repo *model.Repo, inde
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if client.CheckServerVersionConstraint("1.18.0") != nil {
+	if client.CheckServerVersionConstraint(">= 1.18.0") != nil {
 		// version too low
 		log.Debug().Msg("Gitea version does not support getting changed files for PRs")
 		return []string{}, nil