diff --git a/scripts/get_latest_release.sh b/scripts/get_latest_release.sh
index fb33c8e040..55ebf0bc22 100755
--- a/scripts/get_latest_release.sh
+++ b/scripts/get_latest_release.sh
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ BRANCH_TO_USE=$2
 
 LATEST_REL=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_TO_USE/releases/latest" | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')
 DRAFT=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_TO_USE/releases/latest" | grep '"draft":' | sed -E 's/.*: ([^,]+).*/\1/')
+PRERELEASE=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_TO_USE/releases" | grep '"prerelease":' | sed -E 's/.*: ([^,]+).*/\1/')
 
 # Check if this is a release branch
 THIS_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+#THIS_BRANCH="release-5.27"# - Used to test release logic on a non release branch
 
-if [[ "$THIS_BRANCH" =~ $BRANCH_TO_USE || $DRAFT =~ "true" ]];
-then
+if [[ "$THIS_BRANCH" =~ $BRANCH_TO_USE || $DRAFT =~ "true" ]]; then
     VERSION_REL=${THIS_BRANCH//$BRANCH_TO_USE/v}
-    REL_TO_USE=$(curl --silent $BASIC_AUTH "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_TO_USE/releases" | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/' | sed -n "/$VERSION_REL/p" | sort -rV | head -n 1)
+    REL_TO_USE=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_TO_USE/releases" | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/' | sed -n "/$VERSION_REL/p" | sort -rV | head -n 1)
+elif [[ "$THIS_BRANCH"  =~ "master" ]]; then
+    # Get the latest release even if its a pre-release
+    REL_TO_USE=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_TO_USE/releases" | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/' | sort -rV | head -n 1)
 else
     REL_TO_USE=$LATEST_REL
 fi