diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c199435d4..fbe01bb93 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     "clean": "rimraf bundle; lerna exec --stream -- rimraf lib umd",
     "release:normal": "yarn bootstrap; yarn clean; node scripts/release.js",
     "release": "yarn release:normal --versionArgs=\"--force-publish=*\" ",
-    "release:alpha": "yarn release:normal --publishArgs=\"--dist-tag alpha\" ",
+    "release:alpha": "yarn release --publishArgs=\"--dist-tag alpha\" ",
+    "release:rc": "yarn release --publishArgs=\"--dist-tag next --preid rc\" ",
     "sb:start": "SB_INTERNAL=true start-storybook --modern -p 9111 --ci",
     "sb:build": "build-storybook -c .storybook -o .sb-static --modern",
     "sb:build:prod": "SB_OPTIMIZE=true yarn sb:build",
diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
index 32e2d5980..b17ee00ee 100644
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ const shellCommand = (command) => {
 const run = (command) =>
     !dry ? shellCommand(command) : getSuccessResult();
 
+const getIsPre = (argsStr) => argsStr.includes("dist-tag");
+
+const IS_PRE = getIsPre(publishArgs) || getIsPre(versionArgs);
+
 const log = (color, msg) =>
     console.log(color(`${msg} ${dry ? "\t--dry-run--" : ""}`));
 
@@ -171,6 +175,7 @@ const TASKS = [
                     name: tag,
                     body: versionLog,
                     draft: false,
+                    prerelease: IS_PRE,
                 });
 
             const success = createRes?.status === 201;
@@ -259,13 +264,14 @@ const TASKS = [
  * can work with the packages' bumped version
  */
 const release = async () => {
-    log(chalk.white, `Running release flow with ${TASKS.length} tasks`);
+    const preRelease = IS_PRE ? "PRE-" : "";
 
-    const results = await asyncReduce(TASKS, [], runTask);
+    log(chalk.white, `Running ${preRelease}release flow with ${TASKS.length} tasks`);
 
+    const results = await asyncReduce(TASKS, [], runTask);
     const lastCode = getLastCode(results);
 
-    log(chalk.white, `Finished release flow with code: ${lastCode}`);
+    log(chalk.white, `Finished ${preRelease}release flow with code: ${lastCode}`);
 
     return process.exit(lastCode);
 };