diff --git a/release_files/freebsd-port-diff.sh b/release_files/freebsd-port-diff.sh
index b030b9164..6ffa141be 100755
--- a/release_files/freebsd-port-diff.sh
+++ b/release_files/freebsd-port-diff.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ AWK_FIRST_FIELD='{print $1}'
 
 fetch_all_tags() {
     curl -sL "https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPO}/tags" 2>/dev/null | \
-        grep -oE '/releases/tag/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | \
+        grep -oE '/releases/tag/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+([^"]+)?' | \
+        grep -iv 'rc' | \
         sed 's/.*\/v//' | \
         sort -u -V
     return 0
diff --git a/release_files/freebsd-port-issue-body.sh b/release_files/freebsd-port-issue-body.sh
index b7ad0f5b1..1c23dbbbe 100755
--- a/release_files/freebsd-port-issue-body.sh
+++ b/release_files/freebsd-port-issue-body.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ fetch_current_ports_version() {
 fetch_all_tags() {
     # Fetch tags from GitHub tags page (no rate limiting, no auth needed)
     curl -sL "https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPO}/tags" 2>/dev/null | \
-        grep -oE '/releases/tag/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | \
+        grep -oE '/releases/tag/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+([^"]+)?' | \
+        grep -iv 'rc' | \
         sed 's/.*\/v//' | \
         sort -u -V
     return 0