diff --git a/github/check.gitea.update b/github/check.gitea.update
index 13a1329..ad64379 100755
--- a/github/check.gitea.update
+++ b/github/check.gitea.update
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ else
 gitea_current_version=$("${gitea_bin_path}" -v | cut -d' ' -f3)
 
 gitea_repo_url="https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea"
-gitea_new_version=$("${script_wd}"/releasetags "${gitea_repo_url}" | head -n1 | sed 's/v//')
+gitea_new_version=$("${script_wd}"/releasetags "${gitea_repo_url}" | grep -vE -- '(dev|rc)' | head -n1 | sed 's/v//')
 
 gitea_new_version_file="/tmp/.github.gitea.upgrade"
 # }}}