diff --git a/.changes/binary-patching-32-bit.md b/.changes/binary-patching-32-bit.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..354facbdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/binary-patching-32-bit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri-bundler": "patch:bug"
+---
+
+Fix binary patching updater type fails on 32 bit Windows builds
diff --git a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/windows/util.rs b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/windows/util.rs
index 38c3299e3..0f3e9bde5 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/windows/util.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/windows/util.rs
@@ -100,17 +100,16 @@ pub fn patch_binary(binary_path: &PathBuf, package_type: &crate::PackageType) ->
     .ok_or(crate::Error::MissingBundleTypeVar)?;
 
   let data_offset = tauri_bundle_section.pointer_to_raw_data as usize;
-
-  if data_offset + 8 > file_data.len() {
-    return Err(crate::Error::BinaryOffsetOutOfRange);
-  }
-
-  let ptr_bytes = &file_data[data_offset..data_offset + 8];
-  let ptr_value = u64::from_le_bytes(ptr_bytes.try_into().map_err(|_| {
-    crate::Error::BinaryParseError(
-      std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, "invalid pointer bytes").into(),
-    )
-  })?);
+  let pointer_size = if pe.is_64 { 8 } else { 4 };
+  let ptr_bytes = file_data
+    .get(data_offset..data_offset + pointer_size)
+    .ok_or(crate::Error::BinaryOffsetOutOfRange)?;
+  // `try_into` is safe to `unwrap` here because we have already checked the slice's size through `get`
+  let ptr_value = if pe.is_64 {
+    u64::from_le_bytes(ptr_bytes.try_into().unwrap())
+  } else {
+    u32::from_le_bytes(ptr_bytes.try_into().unwrap()).into()
+  };
 
   let rdata_section = pe
     .sections
@@ -133,12 +132,10 @@ pub fn patch_binary(binary_path: &PathBuf, package_type: &crate::PackageType) ->
   let file_offset = rdata_section.pointer_to_raw_data as usize
     + (rva as usize).saturating_sub(rdata_section.virtual_address as usize);
 
-  if file_offset + 3 > file_data.len() {
-    return Err(crate::Error::BinaryOffsetOutOfRange);
-  }
-
   // Overwrite the string at that offset
-  let string_bytes = &mut file_data[file_offset..file_offset + 3];
+  let string_bytes = file_data
+    .get_mut(file_offset..file_offset + 3)
+    .ok_or(crate::Error::BinaryOffsetOutOfRange)?;
   match package_type {
     crate::PackageType::Nsis => string_bytes.copy_from_slice(b"NSS"),
     crate::PackageType::WindowsMsi => string_bytes.copy_from_slice(b"MSI"),