diff --git a/src/Service/PlatformDataProvider.php b/src/Service/PlatformDataProvider.php
index c45ed44..2d452ac 100644
--- a/src/Service/PlatformDataProvider.php
+++ b/src/Service/PlatformDataProvider.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ final class PlatformDataProvider
     public function __construct(
         private readonly InstanceService $instanceService,
         private readonly HttpClientInterface $client,
+        private readonly VersionFilterService $versionFilterService
     ) {
     }
 
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ public function getLatestPlatformVersion(): string
             return version_compare($b, $a);
         });
 
+        $versions = $this->versionFilterService->removeReleaseCandidates($versions);
+
         return $versions[0];
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Service/VersionFilterService.php b/src/Service/VersionFilterService.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c69f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Service/VersionFilterService.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace MobilisticsGmbH\MamoConnector\Service;
+
+class VersionFilterService
+{
+    /**
+     * Remove all release candidates from the given array of versions.
+     *
+     * Note: this currently does not do proper semver parsing, and only checks for the string 'rc' in the version.
+     *
+     * @param array<string> $versions
+     * @return array<string>
+     */
+    public function removeReleaseCandidates(array $versions): array
+    {
+        return array_values(
+            array_filter(
+                $versions,
+                static fn ($version) => ! str_contains(strtolower($version), 'rc')
+            )
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Service/VersionFilterServiceTest.php b/tests/Service/VersionFilterServiceTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3119e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Service/VersionFilterServiceTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace MobilisticsGmbH\MamoConnector\Tests\Service;
+
+use MobilisticsGmbH\MamoConnector\Service\VersionFilterService;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class VersionFilterServiceTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testRemoveRCDoesNotChangeWhenNoRCVersions(): void
+    {
+        $versions = ['6.4.20.2', '6.5.8.2'];
+
+        $filteredVersions = $this->getFilterVersionService()->removeReleaseCandidates($versions);
+        static::assertSame($versions, $filteredVersions);
+    }
+
+    public function testRemoveRCRemovesRCVersions(): void
+    {
+        $versions = ['6.4.20.2', '6.5.8.2', '6.6.0.0-rc1'];
+
+        $filteredVersions = $this->getFilterVersionService()->removeReleaseCandidates($versions);
+        static::assertSame(['6.4.20.2', '6.5.8.2'], $filteredVersions);
+    }
+
+    private function getFilterVersionService(): VersionFilterService
+    {
+        return new VersionFilterService();
+    }
+}