diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/generic.nix
index 54f463b1990b..626849d7b680 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/generic.nix
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
             curl -L ''${GITHUB_TOKEN:+" -u \":$GITHUB_TOKEN\""} "$@"
         }
 
-        latestTag=$(curl_github https://api.github.com/repos/pnpm/pnpm/releases?per_page=100 | jq -r --arg major "v${majorVersion}" '[.[].tag_name | select(startswith($major))][0]')
+        latestTag=$(
+          curl_github https://api.github.com/repos/pnpm/pnpm/releases?per_page=100 | \
+          jq -r --arg major "v${majorVersion}" \
+            '[.[] | select(.tag_name | startswith($major)) | select(.prerelease == false)][0].tag_name'
+        )
 
         # Exit if there is no tag with this major version
         if [ "$latestTag" = "null" ]; then