diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml b/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml
index b2e3aab9..b6c2c920 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,31 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Mirror prerelease tags as semver
+        run: |
+          # Prerelease tags use PEP 440 (v3.0.0b1) to match the published
+          # package version, but semantic-release only understands semver and
+          # silently ignores tags it cannot parse. Without this, every run
+          # reports the first prerelease of the channel as the next version.
+          # Mirror each PEP 440 prerelease tag onto its semver equivalent
+          # (v3.0.0-beta.1). These are local to the run and are never pushed;
+          # the PEP 440 tags remain the only real ones. The channel notes the
+          # Version workflow records against the tagged commit apply to the
+          # mirrored tag too, since notes attach to commits, not tags.
+          for tag in $(git tag --list 'v*'); do
+            semver="$(
+              printf '%s' "${tag#v}" | sed -E \
+                -e 's/^([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)a([0-9]+)$/\1-alpha.\2/' \
+                -e 's/^([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)b([0-9]+)$/\1-beta.\2/' \
+                -e 's/^([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)rc([0-9]+)$/\1-rc.\2/'
+            )"
+            if [ "$semver" = "${tag#v}" ]; then
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            git tag --force "v$semver" "$tag^{commit}"
+            echo "Mirrored $tag as v$semver."
+          done
       - name: Semantic release
         id: release
         uses: cycjimmy/semantic-release-action@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.yml b/.github/workflows/version.yml
index afb09b8c..723815d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version.yml
@@ -31,20 +31,28 @@ jobs:
           passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
       - name: Setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+      # uv normalizes the semver version semantic-release computes
+      # (3.0.0-beta.1) to PEP 440 (3.0.0b1), which is what gets committed,
+      # tagged and published. The Semantic Release workflow mirrors that tag
+      # back to semver so it can pick up where the last prerelease left off.
       - name: Cut ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} version
         run: |
           uv version "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
           just version
+      # semantic-release only treats a prerelease tag as released when a note
+      # records the channel it went out on, so record it here, once the release
+      # exists. The note is keyed to the commit rather than the tag, which is
+      # what lets the mirrored semver tag pick it up.
       - name: Record prerelease channel
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
         run: |
-          case "$VERSION" in
-            *-*) channel="${VERSION#*-}"; channel="${channel%%.*}" ;;
+          tag="v$(uv version --short)"
+          case "$(uv version --short)" in
+            *.*.*a[0-9]*) channel=alpha ;;
+            *.*.*b[0-9]*) channel=beta ;;
+            *.*.*rc[0-9]*) channel=rc ;;
             *) echo "Stable release, no channel note required."; exit 0 ;;
           esac
-          git fetch origin "+refs/notes/semantic-release:refs/notes/semantic-release" || true
-          git notes --ref semantic-release add --force \
-            --message "{\"channels\":[\"$channel\"]}" "v$VERSION^{commit}"
-          git push origin refs/notes/semantic-release
-          echo "Recorded v$VERSION on the '$channel' channel."
+          git notes --ref "semantic-release-$tag" add --force \
+            --message "{\"channels\":[\"$channel\"]}" "$tag^{commit}"
+          git push origin "refs/notes/semantic-release-$tag"
+          echo "Recorded $tag on the '$channel' channel."