diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index afe6749e1..8ab26a1b3 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -73352,6 +73352,7 @@ function getInfoFromManifest(versionSpec, stable, auth, osArch = translateArchTo
     });
 }
 function getInfoFromDist(versionSpec, arch = os.arch(), nodeVersions) {
+    var _a;
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         let osPlat = os.platform();
         let osArch = translateArchToDistUrl(arch);
@@ -73367,7 +73368,8 @@ function getInfoFromDist(versionSpec, arch = os.arch(), nodeVersions) {
             ? `node-v${version}-win-${osArch}`
             : `node-v${version}-${osPlat}-${osArch}`;
         let urlFileName = osPlat == 'win32' ? `${fileName}.7z` : `${fileName}.tar.gz`;
-        let url = `https://nodejs.org/dist/v${version}/${urlFileName}`;
+        const isPrerelease = ((_a = semver.prerelease(versionSpec)) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : [])[0] === 'rc';
+        let url = isPrerelease ? `https://nodejs.org/download/rc/v${version}/${urlFileName}` : `https://nodejs.org/dist/v${version}/${urlFileName}`;
         return {
             downloadUrl: url,
             resolvedVersion: version,
@@ -73415,6 +73417,7 @@ function evaluateVersions(versions, versionSpec) {
     return version;
 }
 function queryDistForMatch(versionSpec, arch = os.arch(), nodeVersions) {
+    var _a;
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         let osPlat = os.platform();
         let osArch = translateArchToDistUrl(arch);
@@ -73435,7 +73438,8 @@ function queryDistForMatch(versionSpec, arch = os.arch(), nodeVersions) {
         }
         if (!nodeVersions) {
             core.debug('No dist manifest cached');
-            nodeVersions = yield getVersionsFromDist();
+            let preRelease = (_a = semver.prerelease(versionSpec)) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : [];
+            nodeVersions = yield (preRelease[0] === 'rc' ? getRcVersionsFromDist() : getVersionsFromDist());
         }
         let versions = [];
         if (isLatestSyntax(versionSpec)) {
@@ -73465,6 +73469,18 @@ function getVersionsFromDist() {
     });
 }
 exports.getVersionsFromDist = getVersionsFromDist;
+function getRcVersionsFromDist() {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        let dataUrl = 'https://nodejs.org/download/rc/index.json';
+        let httpClient = new hc.HttpClient('setup-node', [], {
+            allowRetries: true,
+            maxRetries: 3
+        });
+        let response = yield httpClient.getJson(dataUrl);
+        return response.result || [];
+    });
+}
+exports.getRcVersionsFromDist = getRcVersionsFromDist;
 // For non LTS versions of Node, the files we need (for Windows) are sometimes located
 // in a different folder than they normally are for other versions.
 // Normally the format is similar to: https://nodejs.org/dist/v5.10.1/node-v5.10.1-win-x64.7z
diff --git a/src/installer.ts b/src/installer.ts
index 83a43d859..2ed3d4ad4 100644
--- a/src/installer.ts
+++ b/src/installer.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ async function getInfoFromDist(
       : `node-v${version}-${osPlat}-${osArch}`;
   let urlFileName: string =
     osPlat == 'win32' ? `${fileName}.7z` : `${fileName}.tar.gz`;
-  let url = `https://nodejs.org/dist/v${version}/${urlFileName}`;
+  const isPrerelease = (semver.prerelease(versionSpec) ?? [])[0] === 'rc';
+  let url = isPrerelease ? `https://nodejs.org/download/rc/v${version}/${urlFileName}` : `https://nodejs.org/dist/v${version}/${urlFileName}`;
 
   return <INodeVersionInfo>{
     downloadUrl: url,
@@ -392,7 +393,8 @@ async function queryDistForMatch(
 
   if (!nodeVersions) {
     core.debug('No dist manifest cached');
-    nodeVersions = await getVersionsFromDist();
+    let preRelease = semver.prerelease(versionSpec) ?? [];
+    nodeVersions = await (preRelease[0] === 'rc' ? getRcVersionsFromDist() : getVersionsFromDist());
   }
 
   let versions: string[] = [];
@@ -424,6 +426,16 @@ export async function getVersionsFromDist(): Promise<INodeVersion[]> {
   return response.result || [];
 }
 
+export async function getRcVersionsFromDist(): Promise<INodeVersion[]> {
+  let dataUrl = 'https://nodejs.org/download/rc/index.json';
+  let httpClient = new hc.HttpClient('setup-node', [], {
+    allowRetries: true,
+    maxRetries: 3
+  });
+  let response = await httpClient.getJson<INodeVersion[]>(dataUrl);
+  return response.result || [];
+}
+
 // For non LTS versions of Node, the files we need (for Windows) are sometimes located
 // in a different folder than they normally are for other versions.
 // Normally the format is similar to: https://nodejs.org/dist/v5.10.1/node-v5.10.1-win-x64.7z