diff --git a/scripts/installtests/build_release_assets_test.go b/scripts/installtests/build_release_assets_test.go
index 6a3c248530..bb891d848c 100644
--- a/scripts/installtests/build_release_assets_test.go
+++ b/scripts/installtests/build_release_assets_test.go
@@ -1352,15 +1352,20 @@ func TestCurrentPrereleasePacketTracksInstallMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 			"Separate standalone Proxmox sites that reuse a short node name no longer lose correct agent links when their provider-observed addresses uniquely disambiguate them",
 		)
 	}
+	// The release train's betas point at their packet as "beta", candidates as "release candidate".
+	packetLabel := "release candidate"
+	if strings.Contains(version, "-beta.") {
+		packetLabel = "beta"
+	}
 	assertFileContainsAll(t, repoFile("docs", "RELEASE_NOTES.md"),
 		"docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v"+version+".md",
 		"docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_v"+version+".md",
-		"current v6 release candidate packet",
+		"current v6 "+packetLabel+" packet",
 	)
 	assertFileContainsAll(t, repoFile("docs", "UPGRADE_v6.md"),
 		"docs/releases/RELEASE_NOTES_v"+version+".md",
 		"docs/releases/V6_CHANGELOG_v"+version+".md",
-		"current v6 release candidate packet",
+		"current v6 "+packetLabel+" packet",
 	)
 	assertFileContainsAll(t, repoFile("deploy", "helm", "pulse", "Chart.yaml"),
 		"version: "+version,
diff --git a/scripts/release_control/release_promotion_policy_test.py b/scripts/release_control/release_promotion_policy_test.py
index 2de1e95a94..ba474e14f7 100644
--- a/scripts/release_control/release_promotion_policy_test.py
+++ b/scripts/release_control/release_promotion_policy_test.py
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ def rc_packet_paths_for_version(version: str) -> tuple[str, str, str] | None:
 
 
 def support_prerelease_packet_paths_for_version(version: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
-    """Return release-notes and changelog paths for post-GA support RC versions."""
-    if not re.match(r"^6\.\d+\.\d+-rc\.\d+$", version):
+    """Return release-notes and changelog paths for post-GA support beta and RC versions."""
+    if not re.match(r"^6\.\d+\.\d+-(?:rc|beta)\.\d+$", version):
         return None
     if version.startswith("6.0.0-rc."):
         return None
@@ -1661,7 +1661,8 @@ class ReleasePromotionPolicyTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 release_notes = read(release_notes_path)
                 changelog = read(changelog_path)
 
-                self.assertIn("current v6 release candidate packet", release_index)
+                packet_label = "beta" if "-beta." in current_version else "release candidate"
+                self.assertIn(f"current v6 {packet_label} packet", release_index)
                 self.assertIn(release_notes_path, release_index)
                 self.assertIn(changelog_path, release_index)
                 self.assertTrue(release_notes_have_exact_title(release_notes, current_version))