diff --git a/src/scaffolder.js b/src/scaffolder.js
index 286df86e..5a375a5f 100644
--- a/src/scaffolder.js
+++ b/src/scaffolder.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import writeYaml from '../third-party-wrappers/write-yaml';
 
+const publishedVersionRegex = '/^v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+(-(alpha|beta)\\.\\d+(@(alpha|beta))?)?$/';
+
 function nodeVersionIs8Above12(nodeVersion) {
   return 8.12 <= nodeVersion && 9 > nodeVersion;
 }
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ export default async function ({projectRoot, vcs, visibility, packageType, nodeV
   await writeYaml(`${projectRoot}/.travis.yml`, {
     language: 'node_js',
     notifications: {email: false},
-    ...'Package' === packageType && {branches: {except: ['/^v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+$/']}},
+    ...'Package' === packageType && {branches: {except: [publishedVersionRegex]}},
     ...privateNpmTokenIsNeeded(visibility) && {
       /* eslint-disable-next-line no-template-curly-in-string */
       before_install: 'echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" >> .npmrc'
diff --git a/test/unit/scaffolder-test.js b/test/unit/scaffolder-test.js
index 72b3c1e9..9d4c8822 100644
--- a/test/unit/scaffolder-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/scaffolder-test.js
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ suite('travis', () => {
   });
 
   suite('package', () => {
-    const regexToExcludePublishedVersionTagsFromBuilding = '/^v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+$/';
+    const regexToExcludePublishedVersionTagsFromBuilding
+      = '/^v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+(-(alpha|beta)\\.\\d+(@(alpha|beta))?)?$/';
     const configToPublishWithSemanticRelease = {
       provider: 'script',
       skip_cleanup: true,