diff --git a/__tests__/distributors/base-installer.test.ts b/__tests__/distributors/base-installer.test.ts
index 177c7ace..5408f65c 100644
--- a/__tests__/distributors/base-installer.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/distributors/base-installer.test.ts
@@ -312,7 +312,9 @@ describe('normalizeVersion', () => {
     ['11.0', { version: '11.0', stable: true }],
     ['11.0.10', { version: '11.0.10', stable: true }],
     ['11-ea', { version: '11', stable: false }],
-    ['11.0.2-ea', { version: '11.0.2', stable: false }]
+    ['11.0.2-ea', { version: '11.0.2', stable: false }],
+    ['17.0.0-beta', { version: '17.0.0', stable: false }],
+    ['17.0.0-beta+33.0', { version: '17.0.0+33.0', stable: false }]
   ])('normalizeVersion from %s to %s', (input, expected) => {
     expect(DummyJavaBase.prototype.normalizeVersion.call(null, input)).toEqual(expected);
   });
diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index c3c2766a..c41ce61e 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -4068,6 +4068,15 @@ class JavaBase {
             version = version.replace('-ea.', '+');
             stable = false;
         }
+        else if (version.endsWith('-beta')) {
+            version = version.replace(/-beta$/, '');
+            stable = false;
+        }
+        else if (version.includes('-beta+')) {
+            // transform '11.0.0-beta+33' -> '11.0.3+33'
+            version = version.replace('-beta', '');
+            stable = false;
+        }
         if (!semver_1.default.validRange(version)) {
             throw new Error(`The string '${version}' is not valid SemVer notation for a Java version. Please check README file for code snippets and more detailed information`);
         }
diff --git a/src/distributions/base-installer.ts b/src/distributions/base-installer.ts
index 7db34943..90c92a18 100644
--- a/src/distributions/base-installer.ts
+++ b/src/distributions/base-installer.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ export abstract class JavaBase {
       // transform '11.0.3-ea.2' -> '11.0.3+2'
       version = version.replace('-ea.', '+');
       stable = false;
+    } else if (version.endsWith('-beta')) {
+      version = version.replace(/-beta$/, '');
+      stable = false;
+    } else if (version.includes('-beta+')) {
+      // transform '11.0.0-beta+33' -> '11.0.3+33'
+      version = version.replace('-beta', '');
+      stable = false;
     }
 
     if (!semver.validRange(version)) {