diff --git a/.woodpecker/publish.yaml b/.woodpecker/publish.yaml
index 15a6d04a..f313687b 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/publish.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/publish.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@ variables:
   - &enable_pnpm
     - corepack enable
     - corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate
+  - &is_latest_channel
+    evaluate: CI_COMMIT_TAG matches "^[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+$"
+  - &is_beta_channel
+    evaluate: CI_COMMIT_TAG matches "^[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+-[0-9]+$"
+  - &release_plugin woodpeckerci/plugin-gitea-release
+  - &release_base_settings
+    base_url: ${CI_FORGE_URL}
+    title: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
+    note: CHANGELOG.md
+    files:
+      - ${CI_REPO_NAME}.zip
+      - ${CI_REPO_NAME}/system.json
+    api_key:
+      from_secret: forge_token
 
 when:
   event: tag
@@ -51,25 +65,27 @@ steps:
     commands:
       - echo latest > .RELEASE_CHANNEL
     when:
-      evaluate: CI_COMMIT_TAG matches "^[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+$"
+      <<: *is_latest_channel
   choose-beta-channel:
     group: prepare-release
     image: alpine:latest
     commands:
       - echo beta > .RELEASE_CHANNEL
     when:
-      evaluate: CI_COMMIT_TAG matches "^[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+-[0-9]+$"
-  release:
-    image: woodpeckerci/plugin-gitea-release
+      <<: *is_beta_channel
+  release-latest:
+    image: *release_plugin
     settings:
-      base_url: ${CI_FORGE_URL}
-      title: ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
-      note: CHANGELOG.md
-      files:
-        - ${CI_REPO_NAME}.zip
-        - ${CI_REPO_NAME}/system.json
-      api_key:
-        from_secret: forge_token
+      <<: *release_base_settings
+    when:
+      <<: *is_latest_channel
+  release-beta:
+    image: *release_plugin
+    settings:
+      <<: *release_base_settings
+      prerelease: true
+    when:
+      <<: *is_beta_channel
   publish-manifest:
     group: publish
     image: alpine:latest
@@ -95,4 +111,4 @@ steps:
       - fvtt_username
       - fvtt_password
     when:
-      evaluate: CI_COMMIT_TAG matches "^[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+\\\\.[0-9]+$"
+      <<: *is_latest_channel