diff --git a/check-version.sh b/check-version.sh
index 160e654..586146a 100644
--- a/check-version.sh
+++ b/check-version.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 URL="https://download.qemu.org/"
 
 # Get version number from FTP server
-VERSION=$(curl -s -L "$URL" | grep -o 'qemu-.*.tar.xz' | grep -o -E '[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}' | sort -V | tail -n1)
+VERSION=$(curl -s -L "$URL" | grep -o 'qemu-.*.tar.xz' | grep -v 'rc' | grep -o -E '[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}' | sort -V | tail -n1)
 
 echo "$VERSION"