diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/update-unstable.sh b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/update-unstable.sh
index 217b0c1d0677..bdb3c69b58d9 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/update-unstable.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/update-unstable.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils gnugrep common-updater-scripts nix-update
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils gnugrep gnused common-updater-scripts nix-update
 
-version=$(list-git-tags | grep -oP '^releases/\K\d+\.\d+\.\d+.*' | sort -rV | head -1)
+version=$(list-git-tags | grep -oP '^releases/\K\d+\.\d+\.\d+.*' \
+  | sed -E 's/-(alpha|beta|rc)\./~\1./' | sort -rV | tr '~' - | head -1)
 nix-update --version="$version" radicle-node-unstable --override-filename pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/unstable.nix