diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 0de25ae..58ade30 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -52497,27 +52497,30 @@ class Release {
     }
 }
 exports.Release = Release;
-function getRelease(product, version, userAgent) {
+function getRelease(product, version, userAgent, includePrerelease) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        const validVersion = semver.validRange(version); // "latest" will return invalid but that's ok because we'll select it by default
+        const validVersion = semver.validRange(version, { includePrerelease, loose: true }); // "latest" will return invalid but that's ok because we'll select it by default
         const indexUrl = `${releasesUrl}/${product}/index.json`;
         const headers = userAgent ? { 'User-Agent': userAgent } : null;
         const body = yield utils_1.httpsRequest(indexUrl, { headers });
         const response = JSON.parse(body);
         let release;
-        if (!validVersion) { // pick the latest release
-            version = Object.keys(response.versions).sort(semver.rcompare)[0];
+        if (!validVersion) { // pick the latest release (prereleases will be skipped for safety, set an explicit version instead)
+            const releaseVersions = Object.keys(response.versions).filter(v => !semver.prerelease(v));
+            version = releaseVersions.sort((a, b) => semver.rcompare(a, b))[0];
             release = new Release(response.versions[version]);
         }
         else {
-            release = matchVersion(response.versions, validVersion);
+            release = matchVersion(response.versions, validVersion, includePrerelease);
         }
         return release;
     });
 }
 exports.getRelease = getRelease;
-function matchVersion(versions, range) {
-    const version = semver.maxSatisfying(Object.keys(versions), range);
+function matchVersion(versions, range, includePrerelease) {
+    // If a prerelease version range is given, it will match in that series (0.14-rc0, 0.14-rc1)
+    // https://www.npmjs.com/package/semver#prerelease-tags
+    const version = semver.maxSatisfying(Object.keys(versions), range, { includePrerelease });
     if (version) {
         return new Release(versions[version]);
     }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3128fa3..574ba2e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -808,9 +808,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@hashicorp/js-releases": {
-      "version": "1.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@hashicorp/js-releases/-/js-releases-1.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Dk6k9nuAZUwRbtLcUFXDSPECuK9Xh6QPt2x2qv8m2DKz7ksY1jv7YnZAYk/H195Eq2Puxd4UK83XSA9PnWdQKg==",
+      "version": "1.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@hashicorp/js-releases/-/js-releases-1.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-SXMzKOVdLKHRGSpCVowKC2vUAsvc/cZm0WRd5mOiDn/7SkTC9hFIuGUo/e8yXriJj/FbZepm/30cTKBWY/qH5w==",
       "requires": {
         "@types/semver": "^7.3.1",
         "del": "^5.1.0",
@@ -5968,9 +5968,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "run-parallel": {
-      "version": "1.1.9",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/run-parallel/-/run-parallel-1.1.9.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-DEqnSRTDw/Tc3FXf49zedI638Z9onwUotBMiUFKmrO2sdFKIbXamXGQ3Axd4qgphxKB4kw/qP1w5kTxnfU1B9Q=="
+      "version": "1.1.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/run-parallel/-/run-parallel-1.1.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-zb/1OuZ6flOlH6tQyMPUrE3x3Ulxjlo9WIVXR4yVYi4H9UXQaeIsPbLn2R3O3vQCnDKkAl2qHiuocKKX4Tz/Sw=="
     },
     "safe-buffer": {
       "version": "5.1.2",