diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 64675b41..e66e0f1f 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 version=4
 opts="searchmode=plain, uversionmangle=s/\.(alpha|beta|rc)/~$1/, downloadurlmangle=s|cache.json||" \
 https://download.gnome.org/sources/@PACKAGE@/cache.json \
-	[\d.]+/@PACKAGE@-([\d.]+)@ARCHIVE_EXT@
+	[\d.]+/@PACKAGE@-([\d.]+\.?(?:beta|rc)?[\d.]*)@ARCHIVE_EXT@