diff --git a/.github/workflows/autotagger.yml b/.github/workflows/autotagger.yml
index b41bf8e530bfe..b01bf87418ec1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/autotagger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/autotagger.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
 
             VER=$(sed -nEe 's/^## \[?([^]]*)\]? - .*/\1/;T;p;q' CHANGELOG.md || true)
             echo " Version from changelog is ${VER:-<unknown>}"
-            if [[ "$VER" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+$ ]]; then
+            if [[ "$VER" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+(-a\.[0-9]+|-beta)?$ ]]; then
               echo " Version $VER ok to tag"
               TAGS+=( "$SLUG@$VER" )
             else