diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/dr/drupal/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/dr/drupal/package.nix
index a3b8844a0aaf..c915de388517 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/dr/drupal/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/dr/drupal/package.nix
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ php.buildComposerProject2 (finalAttrs: {
     updateScript = writeScript "update.sh" ''
       #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
       #!nix-shell -i bash -p nix-update xmlstarlet
+
       set -eu -o pipefail
-      version=$(curl -k --silent --globoff "https://updates.drupal.org/release-history/drupal/current" | xmlstarlet sel -t -v "project/releases/release[1]/tag")
+
+      version=$(curl -k --silent --globoff "https://updates.drupal.org/release-history/drupal/current" | xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/project/releases/release/tag[not(contains(., 'alpha'))][not(contains(., 'beta'))][not(contains(., '-rc'))]" | grep -m 1 '.')
+
       nix-update drupal --version $version
     '';
   };