diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
index 767ea101b2a..7df51d2f9cc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
@@ -251,10 +251,27 @@ AndroidDeployQtStep::DeployErrorCode AndroidDeployQtStep::runDeploy(QFutureInter
         QTC_ASSERT(rc, return DeployErrorCode::Failure);
         const bool deployQtLive = rc->id().name().startsWith(qmlProjectRunConfigIdName);
         QString packageName;
+        int packageVersion = -1;
         if (deployQtLive) {
-            AndroidManager::apkInfo(m_apkPath, &packageName);
-            if (AndroidManager::packageInstalled(m_serialNumber, packageName))
-                return DeployErrorCode::NoError;
+            // Do not install Qt live if apk is already installed or the same version is
+            // being installed.
+            AndroidManager::apkInfo(m_apkPath, &packageName, &packageVersion);
+            if (AndroidManager::packageInstalled(m_serialNumber, packageName)) {
+                int installedVersion = AndroidManager::packageVersionCode(m_serialNumber,
+                                                                          packageName);
+                if (installedVersion == packageVersion) {
+                    qCDebug(deployStepLog) << "Qt live APK already installed. APK version:"
+                                           << packageVersion << "Installed version:"
+                                           << installedVersion;
+                    return DeployErrorCode::NoError;
+                } else {
+                    qCDebug(deployStepLog) << "Re-installing Qt live APK. Version mismatch."
+                                           << "APK version:" << packageVersion
+                                           << "Installed version:" << installedVersion;
+                }
+            } else {
+                qCDebug(deployStepLog) << "Installing Qt live APK. APK version:" << packageVersion;
+            }
         }
 
         if (m_uninstallPreviousPackageRun) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
index 77ad59b8a76..13c6f41ec40 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
@@ -70,12 +70,10 @@ namespace {
     const QLatin1String AndroidDefaultPropertiesName("project.properties");
     const QLatin1String AndroidDeviceSn("AndroidDeviceSerialNumber");
     const QLatin1String ApiLevelKey("AndroidVersion.ApiLevel");
-    const QString packageNameRegEx("(package: name=)\\'(([a-z]{1}[a-z\\d_]*\\."
-                                   ")*[a-z][a-z\\d_]*)\\'");
-    const QString activityRegEx("(launchable-activity: name=)\\'"
-                                "(([a-z]{1}[a-z\\d_]*\\.)*[a-z][a-z\\d_]*)\\'");
-    const QString apkVersionRegEx("package: name=([\\=a-z\\d_\\.\\'\\s]*)"
-                                  "\\sversionName='([\\d\\.]*)'");
+    const QString packageNameRegEx("(?<token>package: )(.*?)(name=)'(?<target>.*?)'");
+    const QString activityRegEx("(?<token>launchable-activity: )(.*?)(name=)'(?<target>.*?)'");
+    const QString apkVersionRegEx("(?<token>package: )(.*?)(versionCode=)'(?<target>.*?)'");
+    const QString versionCodeRegEx("(?<token>versionCode=)(?<version>\\d*)");
 
     Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(androidManagerLog, "qtc.android.androidManager")
 
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ namespace {
                                        QRegularExpression::MultilineOption);
         QRegularExpressionMatch match = regRx.match(output);
         if (match.hasMatch())
-            return match.captured(2);
+            return match.captured("target");
         return QString();
     };
 } // anonymous namespace
@@ -161,9 +159,27 @@ bool AndroidManager::packageInstalled(const QString &deviceSerial,
     return false;
 }
 
+int AndroidManager::packageVersionCode(const QString &deviceSerial,
+                                              const QString &packageName)
+{
+    if (deviceSerial.isEmpty() || packageName.isEmpty())
+        return -1;
+
+    QStringList args = AndroidDeviceInfo::adbSelector(deviceSerial);
+    args << "shell" << "dumpsys" << "package" << packageName;
+    const QRegularExpression regRx(versionCodeRegEx,
+                                   QRegularExpression::CaseInsensitiveOption |
+                                   QRegularExpression::MultilineOption);
+    QRegularExpressionMatch match = regRx.match(runAdbCommand(args).stdOut());
+    if (match.hasMatch())
+        return match.captured("version").toInt();
+
+    return -1;
+}
+
 void AndroidManager::apkInfo(const Utils::FileName &apkPath,
                                     QString *packageName,
-                                    QVersionNumber *version,
+                                    int *version,
                                     QString *activityPath)
 {
     SdkToolResult result;
@@ -184,7 +200,7 @@ void AndroidManager::apkInfo(const Utils::FileName &apkPath,
 
     if (version) {
         QString versionStr = parseAaptOutput(result.stdOut(), apkVersionRegEx);
-        *version = QVersionNumber::fromString(versionStr);
+        *version = versionStr.toInt();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h
index 2bf3bb8458c..6ddd63f7fdd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ class ANDROID_EXPORT AndroidManager : public QObject
 public:
     static QString packageName(ProjectExplorer::Target *target);
     static QString packageName(const Utils::FileName &manifestFile);
-    static bool packageInstalled(const QString &deviceSerial,
-                                 const QString &packageName);
+    static bool packageInstalled(const QString &deviceSerial, const QString &packageName);
+    static int packageVersionCode(const QString &deviceSerial, const QString &packageName);
     static void apkInfo(const Utils::FileName &apkPath,
                         QString *packageName = nullptr,
-                        QVersionNumber *version = nullptr,
+                        int *version = nullptr,
                         QString *activityPath = nullptr);
     static QString intentName(ProjectExplorer::Target *target);
     static QString activityName(ProjectExplorer::Target *target);