diff --git a/gitea/release.go b/gitea/release.go
index c8e7681..8235ada 100644
--- a/gitea/release.go
+++ b/gitea/release.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (opt *ListReleasesOptions) QueryEncode() string {
 		query.Add("draft", fmt.Sprintf("%t", *opt.IsDraft))
 	}
 	if opt.IsPreRelease != nil {
-		query.Add("draft", fmt.Sprintf("%t", *opt.IsPreRelease))
+		query.Add("pre-release", fmt.Sprintf("%t", *opt.IsPreRelease))
 	}
 
 	return query.Encode()
diff --git a/gitea/release_test.go b/gitea/release_test.go
index b4798bf..6025554 100644
--- a/gitea/release_test.go
+++ b/gitea/release_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ func TestRelease(t *testing.T) {
 	r2, _, err = c.GetReleaseByTag(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, r.TagName)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, r, r2)
+	// ListRelease without pre-releases
+	tr := true
+	rl, _, err = c.ListReleases(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, ListReleasesOptions{
+		IsPreRelease: &tr,
+	})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, rl, 0) // created release is a pre-release
 	// test fallback
 	r2, _, err = c.fallbackGetReleaseByTag(repo.Owner.UserName, repo.Name, r.TagName)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)