diff --git a/.github/workflows/erdpy-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/erdpy-publish.yml
index 24126f0c..50108a01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/erdpy-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/erdpy-publish.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       run: |
         RELEASE_TAG=v$(python3 -c "import multiversx_sdk_cli._version; print(multiversx_sdk_cli._version.__version__);")
-        gh release create $RELEASE_TAG --target=$GITHUB_SHA --title="$RELEASE_TAG" --generate-notes
+
+        if [[ "$RELEASE_TAG" == *"a"* || "$RELEASE_TAG" == *"b"* ]]; then
+          gh release create $RELEASE_TAG --target=$GITHUB_SHA --title="$RELEASE_TAG" --generate-notes
+        else
+          gh release create $RELEASE_TAG --target=$GITHUB_SHA --title="$RELEASE_TAG" --generate-notes --prerelease
+        fi
   
     - name: Build and publish
       env: