diff --git a/github/check.shaarli.update b/github/check.shaarli.update
index 3d0468b..31362eb 100755
--- a/github/check.shaarli.update
+++ b/github/check.shaarli.update
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ shaarli_install_dir="${1}"
 shaarli_current_version=$(cd "${shaarli_install_dir}" || exit 1 ; grep . -m1 shaarli_version.php | cut -d" " -f3 ; cd - > /dev/null || exit 1)
 
 shaarli_repo_url="https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli"
-shaarli_new_version=$("${script_wd}"/releasetags "${shaarli_repo_url}" | head -n1 | sed 's/v//')
+shaarli_new_version=$("${script_wd}"/releasetags "${shaarli_repo_url}" | grep -vE -- '(beta)' | head -n1 | sed 's/v//')
 
 shaarli_new_version_file="/tmp/.github.shaarli.upgrade"
 # }}}