diff --git a/.changeset/five-actors-boil.md b/.changeset/five-actors-boil.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d5740d38c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/five-actors-boil.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"electron-updater": minor
+---
+
+Enhanced the `checkForUpdatesAndNotify` method to provide more flexible download notification options. The method now accepts custom Electron Notification instances, allows disabling notifications entirely, while maintaining full backward compatibility.
diff --git a/packages/electron-updater/src/AppUpdater.ts b/packages/electron-updater/src/AppUpdater.ts
index e69afe62d35..bf0d794a4b9 100644
--- a/packages/electron-updater/src/AppUpdater.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-updater/src/AppUpdater.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import { GenericProvider } from "./providers/GenericProvider"
 import { createClient, isUrlProbablySupportMultiRangeRequests } from "./providerFactory"
 import { Provider, ProviderPlatform } from "./providers/Provider"
 import type { TypedEmitter } from "tiny-typed-emitter"
-import Session = Electron.Session
 import type { AuthInfo } from "electron"
 import { gunzipSync, gzipSync } from "zlib"
 import { DifferentialDownloaderOptions } from "./differentialDownloader/DifferentialDownloader"
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ export abstract class AppUpdater extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter
   protected _logger: Logger = console
 
   // noinspection JSMethodCanBeStatic,JSUnusedGlobalSymbols
-  get netSession(): Session {
+  get netSession(): Electron.Session {
     return getNetSession()
   }
 
@@ -365,7 +364,7 @@ export abstract class AppUpdater extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter
   }
 
   // noinspection JSUnusedGlobalSymbols
-  checkForUpdatesAndNotify(downloadNotification?: DownloadNotification): Promise<UpdateCheckResult | null> {
+  checkForUpdatesAndNotify(downloadNotification?: Electron.Notification | DownloadNotification): Promise<UpdateCheckResult | null> {
     return this.checkForUpdates().then(it => {
       if (!it?.downloadPromise) {
         if (this._logger.debug != null) {
@@ -375,8 +374,18 @@ export abstract class AppUpdater extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter
       }
 
       void it.downloadPromise.then(() => {
-        const notificationContent = AppUpdater.formatDownloadNotification(it.updateInfo.version, this.app.name, downloadNotification)
-        new (require("electron").Notification)(notificationContent).show()
+        const version = it.updateInfo.version
+        const appName = this.app.name
+
+        if (downloadNotification instanceof Electron.Notification) {
+          // Allow custom electron Notification
+          downloadNotification.title = downloadNotification.title.replace("{appName}", appName).replace("{version}", version)
+          downloadNotification.body = downloadNotification.body.replace("{appName}", appName).replace("{version}", version)
+          downloadNotification.show()
+        } else {
+          const notificationContent = AppUpdater.formatDownloadNotification(version, appName, downloadNotification)
+          new Electron.Notification(notificationContent).show()
+        }
       })
 
       return it