diff --git a/src/browser/components/ManualLink.tsx b/src/browser/components/ManualLink.tsx
index 8037268b62c..1d35c623c6f 100644
--- a/src/browser/components/ManualLink.tsx
+++ b/src/browser/components/ManualLink.tsx
@@ -60,21 +60,31 @@ const isPageOld = (
   chapter: string,
   page: string,
   neo4jVersion: string | null
-) =>
-  chapter === 'cypher-manual' &&
-  oldPages[page] &&
-  neo4jVersion &&
-  semver.satisfies(neo4jVersion, '<4.0.0-alpha.1')
+) => {
+  if (chapter !== 'cypher-manual' || !oldPages[page] || !neo4jVersion)
+    return false
+  const cleanedVersion = semver.clean(neo4jVersion, true)
+  return (
+    cleanedVersion &&
+    semver.valid(cleanedVersion) &&
+    semver.satisfies(cleanedVersion, '<4.0.0-alpha.1')
+  )
+}
 
 const isPageNew = (
   chapter: string,
   page: string,
   neo4jVersion: string | null
-) =>
-  chapter === 'cypher-manual' &&
-  newPages[page] &&
-  ((neo4jVersion && semver.satisfies(neo4jVersion, '>=4.3')) ||
-    neo4jVersion === null) // if no version is available, we treat it like the newest version.
+) => {
+  if (chapter !== 'cypher-manual' || !newPages[page]) return false
+  const cleanedVersion = semver.clean(neo4jVersion || '', true)
+  return (
+    (cleanedVersion &&
+      semver.valid(cleanedVersion) &&
+      semver.satisfies(cleanedVersion, '>=4.3')) ||
+    neo4jVersion === null
+  )
+}
 
 export type ManualLinkProps = {
   chapter: string
@@ -103,7 +113,7 @@ export function ManualLink({
   let version = formatDocVersion(neo4jVersion)
   if (
     minVersion &&
-    (!neo4jVersion || semver.cmp(neo4jVersion, '<', minVersion))
+    (!neo4jVersion || semver.compareLoose(neo4jVersion, minVersion) === -1)
   ) {
     version = formatDocVersion(minVersion)
   }
diff --git a/src/browser/components/VersionConditionalDoc.tsx b/src/browser/components/VersionConditionalDoc.tsx
index 93d85aa1063..10155095d10 100644
--- a/src/browser/components/VersionConditionalDoc.tsx
+++ b/src/browser/components/VersionConditionalDoc.tsx
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ export function VersionConditionalDoc({
   neo4jVersion,
   includeCurrent = false
 }: VersionConditionalDocProps): JSX.Element {
+  const cleanedVersion = semver.clean(neo4jVersion || '', true)
   if (
     (includeCurrent && neo4jVersion === null) ||
-    (neo4jVersion !== null &&
-      semver.valid(neo4jVersion) &&
-      semver.satisfies(neo4jVersion, versionCondition))
+    (cleanedVersion &&
+      semver.valid(cleanedVersion) &&
+      semver.satisfies(cleanedVersion, versionCondition))
   ) {
     return <>{children}</>
   } else {
diff --git a/src/browser/modules/Sidebar/docsUtils.ts b/src/browser/modules/Sidebar/docsUtils.ts
index 3e963aea13e..c7de61a9138 100644
--- a/src/browser/modules/Sidebar/docsUtils.ts
+++ b/src/browser/modules/Sidebar/docsUtils.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ export const formatDocVersion = (v: string | null = ''): string => {
     // All non-strings return
     return 'current'
   }
-  if (semver.prerelease(v)) {
+  if (semver.compareLoose(v, '6.0.0') === 1) {
+    return 'current'
+  } else if (semver.prerelease(v)) {
     return `${semver.major(v)}.${semver.minor(v)}-preview`
   }
   return `${semver.major(v)}.${semver.minor(v)}` || 'current'
diff --git a/src/browser/modules/Sidebar/static-scripts.ts b/src/browser/modules/Sidebar/static-scripts.ts
index afbaebf99ea..65c0ec08040 100644
--- a/src/browser/modules/Sidebar/static-scripts.ts
+++ b/src/browser/modules/Sidebar/static-scripts.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ import { getRawVersion } from 'shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaDuck'
 import * as editor from 'shared/modules/editor/editorDuck'
 
 const mapFavoritesStateToProps = (state: any) => {
-  const version = semver.coerce(getRawVersion(state) || '0') ?? '0'
+  const version =
+    semver.coerce(semver.clean(getRawVersion(state) || '', true) ?? '0') ?? '0'
   const folders = getFolders(state).filter(folder => folder.isStatic)
   const scripts = favorites
     .getFavorites(state)
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ const mapFavoritesStateToProps = (state: any) => {
       fav =>
         fav.isStatic &&
         fav.versionRange &&
+        version &&
         semver.satisfies(version, fav.versionRange)
     )
 
diff --git a/src/browser/modules/Stream/SchemaFrame.tsx b/src/browser/modules/Stream/SchemaFrame.tsx
index 444c98a6ce8..1f4cbf39147 100644
--- a/src/browser/modules/Stream/SchemaFrame.tsx
+++ b/src/browser/modules/Stream/SchemaFrame.tsx
@@ -192,13 +192,14 @@ export class SchemaFrame extends Component<any, SchemaFrameState> {
     }
   }
 
-  fetchData(neo4jVersion: SemVer) {
+  fetchData(neo4jVersion: SemVer | null) {
     if (this.props.bus) {
       // Indexes
       this.props.bus.self(
         CYPHER_REQUEST,
         {
           query:
+            neo4jVersion &&
             semver.valid(neo4jVersion) &&
             semver.satisfies(neo4jVersion, '<4.2.*')
               ? 'CALL db.indexes()'
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ export class SchemaFrame extends Component<any, SchemaFrameState> {
         CYPHER_REQUEST,
         {
           query:
+            neo4jVersion &&
             semver.valid(neo4jVersion) &&
             semver.satisfies(neo4jVersion, '<4.2.*')
               ? 'CALL db.constraints()'
@@ -244,8 +246,11 @@ export class SchemaFrame extends Component<any, SchemaFrameState> {
   render(): JSX.Element {
     const { neo4jVersion } = this.props
     const { indexes, constraints } = this.state
+    const cleanedVersion = semver.clean(neo4jVersion || '', true)
     const schemaCommand =
-      semver.valid(neo4jVersion) && semver.satisfies(neo4jVersion, '<=3.4.*')
+      cleanedVersion &&
+      semver.valid(cleanedVersion) &&
+      semver.satisfies(cleanedVersion, '<=3.4.*')
         ? 'CALL db.schema()'
         : 'CALL db.schema.visualization'
 
diff --git a/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaDuck.ts b/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaDuck.ts
index 04a2afac638..42c6a706f6c 100644
--- a/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaDuck.ts
+++ b/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/dbMetaDuck.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  */
 import { uniq } from 'lodash-es'
 import { QueryResult } from 'neo4j-driver'
-import { SemVer, coerce, gte } from 'semver'
+import { SemVer, clean, coerce, gte } from 'semver'
 import { isConfigValFalsy } from 'services/bolt/boltHelpers'
 import { GlobalState } from 'shared/globalState'
 import { APP_START } from 'shared/modules/app/appDuck'
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export function getUniqueDatbases(state: GlobalState): Database[] {
 export const getRawVersion = (state: GlobalState): string | null =>
   (state[NAME] || {}).server ? (state[NAME] || {}).server.version : null
 export const getSemanticVersion = (state: GlobalState): SemVer | null =>
-  coerce(getRawVersion(state))
+  coerce(clean(getRawVersion(state) || '', true))
 
 export const supportsMultiDb = (state: GlobalState): boolean => {
   const version = getSemanticVersion(state)
diff --git a/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/utils.ts b/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/utils.ts
index a3e0d8c5aee..4e387bc4922 100644
--- a/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/utils.ts
+++ b/src/shared/modules/dbMeta/utils.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export function extractServerInfo(res: QueryResult): ServerInfo {
   }
 
   // Some aura servers self report versions that need coercing (eg. 3.5 or 4.3-aura)
-  if (!semver.valid(serverInfo.version)) {
+  if (!semver.valid(semver.clean(serverInfo.version || '', true))) {
     serverInfo.version = guessSemverVersion(serverInfo.version)
   }
 
@@ -113,5 +113,10 @@ export const extractTrialStatusOld = (res: QueryResult): TrialStatus => {
 
 export const versionHasEditorHistorySetting = (version: string | null) => {
   if (!version) return false
-  return semver.gte(version, VERSION_FOR_EDITOR_HISTORY_SETTING)
+  const cleanedVersion = semver.clean(version, true)
+  return (
+    cleanedVersion &&
+    semver.valid(cleanedVersion) &&
+    semver.gte(cleanedVersion, VERSION_FOR_EDITOR_HISTORY_SETTING)
+  )
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/modules/features/featureDuck.utils.ts b/src/shared/modules/features/featureDuck.utils.ts
index db8e0d87d9c..46cd400d872 100644
--- a/src/shared/modules/features/featureDuck.utils.ts
+++ b/src/shared/modules/features/featureDuck.utils.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ export const guessSemverVersion = (versionString: string | null) => {
   if (!versionString) {
     return null
   }
-  if (semver.valid(versionString)) {
-    return versionString
+  const cleanedVersion =
+    typeof versionString === 'string' ? semver.clean(versionString, true) : null
+  if (semver.valid(cleanedVersion)) {
+    return cleanedVersion
   }
 
   const coerceVersion = semver.coerce(versionString)