diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 7017b3138a990c363030e5f5636d600d3bd45707..807f285ebaf5843be81d04126b8121c50313abd4 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 version=3
 https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/backupninja/files \
-  /code/attachments/download/[^/]+/backupninja[-_]([0-9.]+).*\.tar\.gz
+  /code/attachments/download/[^/]+/backupninja[-_]([0-9.]+(?:-rc[0-9]+)?).*\.tar\.gz