diff --git a/pontos/version/commands/_java.py b/pontos/version/commands/_java.py
index fc4c9be81..4c52523b1 100644
--- a/pontos/version/commands/_java.py
+++ b/pontos/version/commands/_java.py
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ def _update_properties_file(
         if not self._properties_file_path.exists():
             # skip if not existing
             return
-        pattern = r"sentry\.release=([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)"
+        pattern = (
+            r"sentry\.release=([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"
+            r"(-?([ab]|dev|rc|alpha|beta)[0-9]+)?)"
+        )
         replace_string_in_file(
             self._properties_file_path,
             pattern=pattern,
@@ -144,7 +147,10 @@ def _update_swagger_config(
         if not swagger_config_file:
             # skip if not existing
             return
-        pattern = r'\.version\("([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)"\)'
+        pattern = (
+            r'\.version\("([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+'
+            r'(-?([ab]|dev|rc|alpha|beta)[0-9]+)?"\)'
+        )
         replace_string_in_file(
             swagger_config_file, pattern=pattern, replacement=str(new_version)
         )