diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 2bce22657..ae09a9083 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ steps:
     commands:
       # Create a snapshot build with GoReleaser.
       - git fetch --tags
-      - goreleaser release --clean --snapshot
+      - GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l | grep -v rc | sort -V --reverse | head -n 1) goreleaser release --clean --snapshot
       
       # Login to Docker, push Docker image snapshots + manifests.
       - /go/dockerlogin.sh
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ steps:
     commands:
       - git fetch --tags
       - /go/dockerlogin.sh
-      - goreleaser release --clean
+      - GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l | grep -v rc | sort -V --reverse | head -n 1) goreleaser release --clean
     when:
       event:
         include:
@@ -213,6 +213,6 @@ steps:
 
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: e4eddd7db143f4c7d5ab4248114da363e23d086b7438dd057375e0b5d2060f1e
+hmac: 775bf28a96ff87f0f417f2b0fa2ecac025df1d9aa75bcc56bc3ba7d4780dce67
 
 ...
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 0297ad197..4f7c92d76 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ source:
 # https://goreleaser.com/customization/release/
 release:
   draft: true
+  prerelease: auto
   header: |
     Here's version {{ .Version }} of GoToSocial.
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index cd0df69d7..ee5e13918 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Then install Node and Yarn as described in [Stylesheet / Web dev](#stylesheet--w
 Finally, to create a snapshot build, do:
 
 ```bash
-goreleaser --rm-dist --snapshot
+GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l | grep -v rc | sort -V --reverse | head -n 1) goreleaser --clean --snapshot
 ```
 
 If all goes according to plan, you should now have a number of multiple-architecture binaries and tars inside the `./dist` folder, and snapshot Docker images should be built (check your terminal output for version).