diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index bc5af607..ed930712 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -56,17 +56,36 @@ brews:
     description: "CLI task runner for productive developers - a better alternative to make"
     homepage: "https://lets-cli.org/"
     license: "MIT"
-    repository:
+    # do not publish prereleases (e.g. v1.0.0-rc1) to the main formula
+    skip_upload: auto
+    conflicts:
+      - lets-beta
+    repository: &homebrew-tap
       owner: lets-cli
       name: homebrew-tap
       token: "{{ .Env.HOMEBREW_TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
     directory: Formula
+  # prerelease channel: published ONLY for prerelease tags,
+  # installable via `brew install lets-cli/tap/lets-beta`
+  - name: lets-beta
+    description: "CLI task runner for productive developers - a better alternative to make (prerelease channel)"
+    homepage: "https://lets-cli.org/"
+    license: "MIT"
+    # skip_upload is a string in goreleaser (compared against "true"/"auto"
+    # after template rendering), so the quoted template is intentional
+    skip_upload: '{{ if .Prerelease }}false{{ else }}true{{ end }}'
+    conflicts:
+      - lets
+    repository: *homebrew-tap
+    directory: Formula
 
 aurs:
   - name: lets-bin
     homepage: "https://lets-cli.org/"
     description: "CLI task runner for productive developers - a better alternative to make"
     license: "MIT"
+    # do not publish prereleases to AUR
+    skip_upload: auto
     maintainers:
       - 'Kindritskiy Maksym <kindritskiy.m@gmail.com>'
     contributors:
diff --git a/docs/docs/changelog.md b/docs/docs/changelog.md
index ba1ffc9a..d0ad2640 100644
--- a/docs/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/docs/changelog.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ title: Changelog
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/lets-cli/lets/releases/tag/v0.0.X)
 
+* `[Changed]` Prerelease tags (e.g. `v0.0.62-rc1`) are no longer published to the Homebrew tap `lets` formula or AUR; they are published to a new opt-in `lets-beta` formula instead (`brew install lets-cli/tap/lets-beta`).
 * `[Fixed]` `source <(lets completion -s zsh)` no longer hangs: skip terminal background-color detection when lets runs outside the terminal's foreground process group (e.g. inside process substitution), where the query would suspend the process with SIGTTIN/SIGTTOU.
 * `[Fixed]` Add spacing between the `EXAMPLES` help title and its examples.
 * `[Fixed]` Align styled error output to the left while preserving the padded error badge.
diff --git a/docs/docs/installation.mdx b/docs/docs/installation.mdx
index 16a69ba3..5d2263e2 100644
--- a/docs/docs/installation.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/installation.mdx
@@ -11,20 +11,21 @@ brew tap lets-cli/tap
 brew install lets-cli/tap/lets
 ```
 
-## Arch
-
-Install the latest binary release from [AUR lets-bin](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lets-bin/).
+### Prereleases
 
-If you use `yay` as your AUR helper:
+The main `lets` formula only receives stable releases. Prerelease versions (e.g. `v0.0.62-rc1`) are published
+to a separate `lets-beta` formula:
 
 ```bash
-yay -S lets-bin
+brew install lets-cli/tap/lets-beta
 ```
 
-You can also install the bleeding edge version from [AUR lets-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lets-git/).
+Both formulas install the `lets` binary, so they conflict with each other — uninstall one before installing the
+other. To switch back to stable:
 
 ```bash
-yay -S lets-git
+brew uninstall lets-cli/tap/lets-beta
+brew install lets-cli/tap/lets
 ```
 
 ## Shell Script
@@ -70,6 +71,22 @@ To install into a custom lets home directory, set `LETS_HOME`. The binary will b
 curl -fsSL https://lets-cli.org/install.sh | LETS_HOME=$HOME/tools/lets bash
 ```
 
+## Arch
+
+Install the latest binary release from [AUR lets-bin](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lets-bin/).
+
+If you use `yay` as your AUR helper:
+
+```bash
+yay -S lets-bin
+```
+
+You can also install the bleeding edge version from [AUR lets-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lets-git/).
+
+```bash
+yay -S lets-git
+```
+
 ## Binary (Manual)
 
 Download the version you need for your platform from [Lets Releases](https://github.com/lets-cli/lets/releases).
@@ -128,32 +145,32 @@ If your `lets` version is below `0.0.30`, use the shell script and specify the l
 brew upgrade lets-cli/tap/lets
 ```
 
-### Arch
+### Shell Script
 
-AUR packages provide the latest version.
+Run the install script again to update `lets` to the latest version.
 
 ```bash
-yay -Syu lets-bin
+curl -fsSL https://lets-cli.org/install.sh | bash
 ```
 
-For the bleeding edge package:
+To update to a specific version:
 
 ```bash
-yay -Syu lets-git
+curl -fsSL https://lets-cli.org/install.sh | LETS_VERSION=v0.0.21 bash
 ```
 
-### Shell Script
+### Arch
 
-Run the install script again to update `lets` to the latest version.
+AUR packages provide the latest version.
 
 ```bash
-curl -fsSL https://lets-cli.org/install.sh | bash
+yay -Syu lets-bin
 ```
 
-To update to a specific version:
+For the bleeding edge package:
 
 ```bash
-curl -fsSL https://lets-cli.org/install.sh | LETS_VERSION=v0.0.21 bash
+yay -Syu lets-git
 ```
 
 ### Binary