diff --git a/Build/Tasks/CreateGitHubPullRequest.cs b/Build/Tasks/CreateGitHubPullRequest.cs
index dfdee63a55e..77f5a6f7c68 100644
--- a/Build/Tasks/CreateGitHubPullRequest.cs
+++ b/Build/Tasks/CreateGitHubPullRequest.cs
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ orderby version descending
                 select new { release, version, isReleaseCandidate, };
             releases = releases.ToList();
 
-            var latestStable = releases.FirstOrDefault();
+            var latestStable = releases.FirstOrDefault(r => !r.isReleaseCandidate);
 
             context.Information(
                 "Latest stable release: {0}",