diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
index 45ad965e479..32b1a3f7577 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ jobs:
         id: handle_tag
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          # If the tag ends with -beta.N, we need to call setup_version.py
+          # If the tag ends with -beta.N or -rc.N, we need to call setup_version.py
           # and export repo as "fury" instead of "pypi"
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == refs/tags/*-beta.* ]]; then
+          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == refs/tags/*-beta.* ]] || [[ ${{ github.ref }} == refs/tags/*-rc.* ]]; then
             TAG=$(echo ${{ github.ref }} | sed 's/refs\/tags\///')
             pip install packaging
             python ci/setup_version.py $TAG