diff --git a/scripts/release/publish-commands/validate-tags.js b/scripts/release/publish-commands/validate-tags.js
index 92a593d96b..329826b891 100644
--- a/scripts/release/publish-commands/validate-tags.js
+++ b/scripts/release/publish-commands/validate-tags.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const run = async ({cwd, packages, tags}) => {
       process.exit(1);
     }
   } else {
-    if (!tags.includes('latest')) {
+    if (version.indexOf('-') === -1 && !tags.includes('latest')) {
       console.log(
         theme`{error Stable release} {version ${version}} {error must always be tagged as} {tag latest}`
       );