diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e76cbd9..86d6b89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -102,9 +102,13 @@ jobs:
           grep -q ":: SqlJam ::" run.log
           if grep -E "Exception|ERROR" run.log; then exit 1; fi
 
+      # Packages of a tag are named by it (v1.0.0-rc1: SqlJam-1.0.0-rc1-...), others by the version of pom.xml
       - name: Package for download
         shell: bash
-        run: sh src/packaging/package.sh ${{ matrix.platform }}
+        run: |
+          VERSION=""
+          case "$GITHUB_REF" in refs/tags/v*) VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}" ;; esac
+          sh src/packaging/package.sh ${{ matrix.platform }} $VERSION
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
@@ -130,6 +134,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create the release with the packages
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        # A tag with a suffix, e.g. v1.0.0-rc1 or v1.0.0-beta, is a pre-release, it is not the latest release
         run: |
+          PRERELEASE=""
+          case "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" in *-*) PRERELEASE="--prerelease" ;; esac
           gh release create "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --title "SqlJam $GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
-            --generate-notes $(find artifacts -name 'SqlJam-*' -o -name 'sqljam_*.deb')
+            $PRERELEASE --generate-notes $(find artifacts -name 'SqlJam-*' -o -name 'sqljam_*.deb')
diff --git a/src/packaging/package.sh b/src/packaging/package.sh
index 2021d10..252d30e 100755
--- a/src/packaging/package.sh
+++ b/src/packaging/package.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #
 #   sh src/packaging/package.sh <platform> [version]      platform: mac-aarch64, mac, win or linux
 #
+# The version names the packages, e.g. 1.0.0-rc1 of the tag v1.0.0-rc1; the version of pom.xml by default.
+#
 #   mac-aarch64, mac   SqlJam.app in SqlJam-<version>-<platform>.dmg
 #   win                SqlJam-<version>-win.zip, SqlJam\SqlJam.exe without installing
 #   linux              SqlJam-<version>-linux.tar.gz (SqlJam/bin/SqlJam) and sqljam_<version>_amd64.deb
@@ -18,8 +20,10 @@ set -e
 
 PLATFORM=${1:?platform: mac-aarch64, mac, win or linux}
 DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)
-VERSION=${2:-$(sed -n 's:^    <version>\(.*\)</version>:\1:p' "$DIR/pom.xml" | head -1)}
-JAR="sqljam-$VERSION-$PLATFORM.jar"
+# The runnable jar is named by the version of pom.xml, the packages by the given version
+POM_VERSION=$(sed -n 's:^    <version>\(.*\)</version>:\1:p' "$DIR/pom.xml" | head -1)
+VERSION=${2:-$POM_VERSION}
+JAR="sqljam-$POM_VERSION-$PLATFORM.jar"
 # jpackage takes numbers only, e.g. 1.0.0 of 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 APP_VERSION=$(echo "$VERSION" | sed 's/[^0-9.].*$//')
 WORK="$DIR/target/package-$PLATFORM"