diff --git a/src/commands/use.ts b/src/commands/use.ts
index 7c6845f8..d034a6db 100644
--- a/src/commands/use.ts
+++ b/src/commands/use.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export default class UseCommand extends UpdateCommand {
     const {args} = this.parse(UseCommand)
 
     // Check if this command is trying to update the channel. TODO: make this dynamic
-    const channelUpdateRequested = ['alpha', 'beta', 'next', 'stable'].some(
+    const prereleaseChannels = ['alpha', 'beta', 'next']
+    const channelUpdateRequested = ['stable', ...prereleaseChannels].some(
       c => args.version === c,
     )
     this.channel = channelUpdateRequested ?
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ export default class UseCommand extends UpdateCommand {
     if (versions.length === 0)
       throw new Error('No locally installed versions found.')
     const matchingLocalVersions = versions
-    .filter(version => version.includes(targetVersion))
+    // If we request stable, only provide standard versions
+    .filter(version => (this.channel === 'stable' &&  !prereleaseChannels.some(c => version.includes(c))) || (version.includes(targetVersion) && !version.includes('.partial')))
     .sort((a, b) => semver.compare(b, a))
 
     if (args.version && (versions.includes(targetVersion) || matchingLocalVersions.length > 0)) {
diff --git a/test/commands/use.test.ts b/test/commands/use.test.ts
index 923a1900..365c27e6 100644
--- a/test/commands/use.test.ts
+++ b/test/commands/use.test.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,27 @@ describe('Use Command', () => {
     expect(commandInstance.channel).toBe('next')
   })
 
+  it('when provided stable channel, uses only release versions', async () => {
+    mockFs.readdirSync.mockReturnValue([
+      '1.0.0-next.2',
+      '1.0.3',
+      '1.0.0-next.3',
+      '1.0.1',
+      '1.0.0-alpha.0',
+    ] as any)
+
+    // oclif-example use next
+    commandInstance = new MockedUseCommand(['stable'], config)
+
+    commandInstance.fetchManifest.mockResolvedValue({})
+
+    await commandInstance.run()
+
+    expect(commandInstance.downloadAndExtract).not.toBeCalled()
+    expect(commandInstance.updatedVersion).toBe('1.0.3')
+    expect(commandInstance.channel).toBe('stable')
+  })
+
   it('when provided a version, will directly switch to it locally', async () => {
     mockFs.readdirSync.mockReturnValue([
       '1.0.0-next.2',