diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 31e7388..c40461a 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -9404,35 +9404,43 @@ const coerce = (version, options) => {
 
   let match = null
   if (!options.rtl) {
-    match = version.match(re[t.COERCE])
+    match = version.match(options.includePrerelease ? re[t.COERCEFULL] : re[t.COERCE])
   } else {
     // Find the right-most coercible string that does not share
     // a terminus with a more left-ward coercible string.
     // Eg, '1.2.3.4' wants to coerce '2.3.4', not '3.4' or '4'
+    // With includePrerelease option set, '1.2.3.4-rc' wants to coerce '2.3.4-rc', not '2.3.4'
     //
     // Walk through the string checking with a /g regexp
     // Manually set the index so as to pick up overlapping matches.
     // Stop when we get a match that ends at the string end, since no
     // coercible string can be more right-ward without the same terminus.
+    const coerceRtlRegex = options.includePrerelease ? re[t.COERCERTLFULL] : re[t.COERCERTL]
     let next
-    while ((next = re[t.COERCERTL].exec(version)) &&
+    while ((next = coerceRtlRegex.exec(version)) &&
         (!match || match.index + match[0].length !== version.length)
     ) {
       if (!match ||
             next.index + next[0].length !== match.index + match[0].length) {
         match = next
       }
-      re[t.COERCERTL].lastIndex = next.index + next[1].length + next[2].length
+      coerceRtlRegex.lastIndex = next.index + next[1].length + next[2].length
     }
     // leave it in a clean state
-    re[t.COERCERTL].lastIndex = -1
+    coerceRtlRegex.lastIndex = -1
   }
 
   if (match === null) {
     return null
   }
 
-  return parse(`${match[2]}.${match[3] || '0'}.${match[4] || '0'}`, options)
+  const major = match[2]
+  const minor = match[3] || '0'
+  const patch = match[4] || '0'
+  const prerelease = options.includePrerelease && match[5] ? `-${match[5]}` : ''
+  const build = options.includePrerelease && match[6] ? `+${match[6]}` : ''
+
+  return parse(`${major}.${minor}.${patch}${prerelease}${build}`, options)
 }
 module.exports = coerce
 
@@ -10124,12 +10132,17 @@ createToken('XRANGELOOSE', `^${src[t.GTLT]}\\s*${src[t.XRANGEPLAINLOOSE]}$`)
 
 // Coercion.
 // Extract anything that could conceivably be a part of a valid semver
-createToken('COERCE', `${'(^|[^\\d])' +
+createToken('COERCEPLAIN', `${'(^|[^\\d])' +
               '(\\d{1,'}${MAX_SAFE_COMPONENT_LENGTH}})` +
               `(?:\\.(\\d{1,${MAX_SAFE_COMPONENT_LENGTH}}))?` +
-              `(?:\\.(\\d{1,${MAX_SAFE_COMPONENT_LENGTH}}))?` +
+              `(?:\\.(\\d{1,${MAX_SAFE_COMPONENT_LENGTH}}))?`)
+createToken('COERCE', `${src[t.COERCEPLAIN]}(?:$|[^\\d])`)
+createToken('COERCEFULL', src[t.COERCEPLAIN] +
+              `(?:${src[t.PRERELEASE]})?` +
+              `(?:${src[t.BUILD]})?` +
               `(?:$|[^\\d])`)
 createToken('COERCERTL', src[t.COERCE], true)
+createToken('COERCERTLFULL', src[t.COERCEFULL], true)
 
 // Tilde ranges.
 // Meaning is "reasonably at or greater than"
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a095f2a..450805d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",
         "@actions/http-client": "^2.2.0",
         "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.1",
-        "semver": "^7.5.4"
+        "semver": "^7.6.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@actions/io": "^1.1.3",
@@ -5302,9 +5302,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/semver": {
-      "version": "7.5.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.5.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-1bCSESV6Pv+i21Hvpxp3Dx+pSD8lIPt8uVjRrxAUt/nbswYc+tK6Y2btiULjd4+fnq15PX+nqQDC7Oft7WkwcA==",
+      "version": "7.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-EnwXhrlwXMk9gKu5/flx5sv/an57AkRplG3hTK68W7FRDN+k+OWBj65M7719OkA82XLBxrcX0KSHj+X5COhOVg==",
       "dependencies": {
         "lru-cache": "^6.0.0"
       },
@@ -9866,9 +9866,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "semver": {
-      "version": "7.5.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.5.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-1bCSESV6Pv+i21Hvpxp3Dx+pSD8lIPt8uVjRrxAUt/nbswYc+tK6Y2btiULjd4+fnq15PX+nqQDC7Oft7WkwcA==",
+      "version": "7.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-EnwXhrlwXMk9gKu5/flx5sv/an57AkRplG3hTK68W7FRDN+k+OWBj65M7719OkA82XLBxrcX0KSHj+X5COhOVg==",
       "requires": {
         "lru-cache": "^6.0.0"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cf823ca..36cc910 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",
     "@actions/http-client": "^2.2.0",
     "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.1",
-    "semver": "^7.5.4"
+    "semver": "^7.6.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@actions/io": "^1.1.3",