diff --git a/internal/updates/updates.go b/internal/updates/updates.go
index feeedfbfd..f42ffa29c 100644
--- a/internal/updates/updates.go
+++ b/internal/updates/updates.go
@@ -297,6 +297,21 @@ func install(artifactArch, downloadURL, installLocation string, timeout int) err
 	return nil
 }
 
+// isStableRelease returns true if the release is a full semver release (not a
+// draft, not marked as pre-release, and has no pre-release component in its tag).
+func isStableRelease(release *github.RepositoryRelease) bool {
+	if release.GetDraft() || release.GetPrerelease() {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	v, err := version.NewVersion(release.GetTagName())
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return v.Prerelease() == ""
+}
+
 func getLatestRelease(ctx context.Context, artifactArch string, timeout time.Duration) (*github.RepositoryRelease, *github.ReleaseAsset, error) {
 	client := github.NewClient(&http.Client{
 		Timeout: timeout,
@@ -328,6 +343,10 @@ func getLatestRelease(ctx context.Context, artifactArch string, timeout time.Dur
 	}
 
 	for _, release := range releases {
+		if !isStableRelease(release) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		for _, asset := range release.Assets {
 			if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(asset.GetName()), strings.ToLower(artifactArch)) {
 				_ = releaseCache.Store(&ReleaseCache{
diff --git a/internal/updates/updates_test.go b/internal/updates/updates_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45d42a2a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/updates/updates_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package updates
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v63/github"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestIsStableRelease(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		release    *github.RepositoryRelease
+		wantStable bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "stable release",
+			release: &github.RepositoryRelease{
+				TagName:    github.String("v1.2.3"),
+				Draft:      github.Bool(false),
+				Prerelease: github.Bool(false),
+			},
+			wantStable: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "pre-release tag with dash suffix",
+			release: &github.RepositoryRelease{
+				TagName:    github.String("v1.2.3-pre.0"),
+				Draft:      github.Bool(false),
+				Prerelease: github.Bool(false),
+			},
+			wantStable: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "pre-release tag with alpha suffix",
+			release: &github.RepositoryRelease{
+				TagName:    github.String("v1.2.3-alpha.1"),
+				Draft:      github.Bool(false),
+				Prerelease: github.Bool(false),
+			},
+			wantStable: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "pre-release tag with rc suffix",
+			release: &github.RepositoryRelease{
+				TagName:    github.String("v2.0.0-rc.1"),
+				Draft:      github.Bool(false),
+				Prerelease: github.Bool(false),
+			},
+			wantStable: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "github marked as pre-release",
+			release: &github.RepositoryRelease{
+				TagName:    github.String("v1.2.3"),
+				Draft:      github.Bool(false),
+				Prerelease: github.Bool(true),
+			},
+			wantStable: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "draft release",
+			release: &github.RepositoryRelease{
+				TagName:    github.String("v1.2.3"),
+				Draft:      github.Bool(true),
+				Prerelease: github.Bool(false),
+			},
+			wantStable: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid tag",
+			release: &github.RepositoryRelease{
+				TagName:    github.String("not-a-version"),
+				Draft:      github.Bool(false),
+				Prerelease: github.Bool(false),
+			},
+			wantStable: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			got := isStableRelease(tt.release)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantStable, got)
+		})
+	}
+}