diff --git a/changelog.d/downloader/3173.misc.rst b/changelog.d/downloader/3173.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba4902a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/downloader/3173.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Downloader will no longer show update for a cog if the latest version is disabled through ``info.json`` file.
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diff --git a/redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py b/redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py
index 3913cc739..e18fe8402 100644
--- a/redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py
+++ b/redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class Downloader(commands.Cog):
                 continue
             # marking cog for update if there's no commit data saved (back-compat, see GH-2571)
             last_cog_occurrence = await cog.repo.get_last_module_occurrence(cog.name)
-            if last_cog_occurrence is not None:
+            if last_cog_occurrence is not None and not last_cog_occurrence.disabled:
                 cogs_to_update.add(last_cog_occurrence)
 
         # Reduces diff requests to a single dict with no repeats
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ class Downloader(commands.Cog):
                 else:
                     modified_module = modified[index]
                     if modified_module.type == InstallableType.COG:
-                        cogs_to_update.add(modified_module)
+                        if not modified_module.disabled:
+                            cogs_to_update.add(modified_module)
                     elif modified_module.type == InstallableType.SHARED_LIBRARY:
                         libraries_to_update.add(modified_module)