diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyUpgradeCommand.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyUpgradeCommand.cs
index 8abc5f06e1..f945bc6503 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyUpgradeCommand.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyUpgradeCommand.cs
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ public virtual void configure_argument_parser(OptionSet optionSet, ChocolateyCon
                      "Stop On First Package Failure - stop running install, upgrade or uninstall on first package failure instead of continuing with others. Overrides the default feature '{0}' set to '{1}'. Available in 0.10.4+.".format_with(ApplicationParameters.Features.StopOnFirstPackageFailure, configuration.Features.StopOnFirstPackageFailure.to_string()),
                      option => configuration.Features.StopOnFirstPackageFailure = option != null
                      )
+                 .Add("exclude-pre|exclude-prerelease|exclude-prereleases",
+                     "Exclude Prerelease - Should prerelease be ignored for upgrades? Will be ignored if you pass `--pre`. Available in 0.10.4+.",
+                     option => configuration.UpgradeCommand.ExcludePrerelease = option != null
+                     )
                 ;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
index cf5d62e22e..b558854dd5 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ public sealed class UpgradeCommandConfiguration
         public bool FailOnNotInstalled { get; set; }
         public bool NotifyOnlyAvailableUpgrades { get; set; }
         public string PackageNamesToSkip { get; set; }
+        public bool ExcludePrerelease { get; set; }
     }
 
     [Serializable]
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/NugetService.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/NugetService.cs
index 48a60de2a0..0afa51eec4 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/NugetService.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/NugetService.cs
@@ -603,8 +603,17 @@ public ConcurrentDictionary<string, PackageResult> upgrade_run(ChocolateyConfigu
                 var pkgInfo = _packageInfoService.get_package_information(installedPackage);
                 bool isPinned = pkgInfo != null && pkgInfo.IsPinned;
 
+                // if we have a prerelease installed, we want to have it upgrade based on newer prereleases
+                var originalPrerelease = config.Prerelease;
+                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(installedPackage.Version.SpecialVersion) && !config.UpgradeCommand.ExcludePrerelease)
+                {
+                    // this is a prerelease - opt in for newer prereleases.
+                    config.Prerelease = true;
+                }
 
                 IPackage availablePackage = packageManager.SourceRepository.FindPackage(packageName, version, config.Prerelease, allowUnlisted: false);
+                config.Prerelease = originalPrerelease;
+
                 if (availablePackage == null)
                 {
                     string logMessage = "{0} was not found with the source(s) listed.{1} If you specified a particular version and are receiving this message, it is possible that the package name exists but the version does not.{1} Version: \"{2}\"; Source(s): \"{3}\"".format_with(packageName, Environment.NewLine, config.Version, config.Sources);