diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/IntegrationTests/OtherScenarios.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/IntegrationTests/OtherScenarios.cs
index 106a43b5e4..62d7d7e8bd 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/IntegrationTests/OtherScenarios.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/IntegrationTests/OtherScenarios.cs
@@ -988,4 +988,43 @@ public void IncreaseVersionWithBumpMessageWhenCommitMessageIncrementIsEnabledAnd
         // ✅ succeeds as expected
         fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.0.0-pre.1", configuration);
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void ShouldProvideTheCorrectVersionEvenIfPreReleaseLabelExistsInTheGitTagMain()
+    {
+        var configuration = GitFlowConfigurationBuilder.New
+            .WithNextVersion("5.0")
+            .WithSemanticVersionFormat(SemanticVersionFormat.Loose)
+            .WithBranch("main", _ => _
+                .WithLabel("beta")
+                .WithIncrement(IncrementStrategy.Patch)
+                .WithVersioningMode(VersioningMode.ContinuousDeployment)
+            ).Build();
+
+        using EmptyRepositoryFixture fixture = new("main");
+        fixture.MakeACommit();
+
+        // ✅ succeeds as expected
+        fixture.AssertFullSemver("5.0.0-beta.1", configuration);
+
+        fixture.MakeACommit();
+
+        // ✅ succeeds as expected
+        fixture.AssertFullSemver("5.0.0-beta.2", configuration);
+
+        fixture.ApplyTag("5.0.0-beta.3");
+
+        // ✅ succeeds as expected
+        fixture.AssertFullSemver("5.0.0-beta.3", configuration);
+
+        fixture.MakeATaggedCommit("5.0.0-rc.1");
+
+        // ✅ succeeds as expected
+        fixture.AssertFullSemver("5.0.0-beta.4", configuration);
+
+        fixture.MakeACommit();
+
+        // ✅ succeeds as expected
+        fixture.AssertFullSemver("5.0.0-beta.5", configuration);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/VersionCalculation/VariableProviderTests.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/VersionCalculation/VariableProviderTests.cs
index 0168c2be9e..4b1a156202 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/VersionCalculation/VariableProviderTests.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core.Tests/VersionCalculation/VariableProviderTests.cs
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ public void ProvidesVariablesInContinuousDeploymentModeForStableWhenCurrentCommi
 
         var configuration = new TestEffectiveConfiguration(versioningMode: VersioningMode.ContinuousDeployment);
 
-        var vars = this.variableProvider.GetVariablesFor(semVer, configuration, SemanticVersion.Empty);
+        var variables = this.variableProvider.GetVariablesFor(semVer, configuration, SemanticVersion.Empty);
 
-        vars.ToString().ShouldMatchApproved(c => c.SubFolder("Approved"));
+        variables.ToString().ShouldMatchApproved(c => c.SubFolder("Approved"));
     }
 
     [Test]
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/NextVersionCalculator.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/NextVersionCalculator.cs
index 218613c1c4..760527802b 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/NextVersionCalculator.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/NextVersionCalculator.cs
@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@ private NextVersion Calculate(IBranch branch, IGitVersionConfiguration configura
         using (log.IndentLog("Calculating the base versions"))
         {
             var nextVersions = GetNextVersions(branch, configuration).ToArray();
-            var maxVersion = nextVersions.Max();
-
-            maxVersion.NotNull();
+            var maxVersion = nextVersions.Max()!;
 
             var matchingVersionsOnceIncremented = nextVersions
                 .Where(v => v.BaseVersion.BaseVersionSource != null && v.IncrementedVersion == maxVersion.IncrementedVersion)
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/VariableProvider.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/VariableProvider.cs
index 222448520f..7b8f0ca190 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/VariableProvider.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core/VersionCalculation/VariableProvider.cs
@@ -15,22 +15,19 @@ public class VariableProvider : IVariableProvider
     public VersionVariables GetVariablesFor(
         SemanticVersion semanticVersion, EffectiveConfiguration configuration, SemanticVersion? currentCommitTaggedVersion)
     {
+        semanticVersion.NotNull();
+        configuration.NotNull();
+
         var preReleaseTagName = semanticVersion.PreReleaseTag.Name;
+        var isContinuousDeploymentMode = configuration.VersioningMode == VersioningMode.ContinuousDeployment;
+
+        var label = configuration.GetBranchSpecificLabel(semanticVersion.BuildMetaData.Branch, null);
+        var isCommitTagged = currentCommitTaggedVersion is not null && currentCommitTaggedVersion.IsMatchForBranchSpecificLabel(label);
 
-        var isContinuousDeploymentMode = configuration.VersioningMode == VersioningMode.ContinuousDeployment
-            && currentCommitTaggedVersion is null;
-        if (isContinuousDeploymentMode)
+        // Continuous Deployment always requires a pre-release tag unless the commit is tagged
+        if (isContinuousDeploymentMode && !isCommitTagged && !semanticVersion.PreReleaseTag.HasTag() && preReleaseTagName.IsNullOrEmpty())
         {
-            semanticVersion = new SemanticVersion(semanticVersion);
-            // Continuous Deployment always requires a pre-release tag unless the commit is tagged
-            if (!semanticVersion.PreReleaseTag.HasTag())
-            {
-                preReleaseTagName = configuration.GetBranchSpecificLabel(semanticVersion.BuildMetaData.Branch, null);
-                if (preReleaseTagName.IsNullOrEmpty())
-                {
-                    preReleaseTagName = configuration.Label ?? string.Empty;
-                }
-            }
+            preReleaseTagName = label ?? string.Empty;
         }
 
         // Evaluate tag number pattern and append to prerelease tag, preserving build metadata
@@ -45,7 +42,7 @@ public VersionVariables GetVariablesFor(
             }
         }
 
-        if (isContinuousDeploymentMode || appendTagNumberPattern || configuration.VersioningMode == VersioningMode.Mainline)
+        if ((!isCommitTagged && isContinuousDeploymentMode) || appendTagNumberPattern || configuration.VersioningMode == VersioningMode.Mainline)
         {
             semanticVersion = PromoteNumberOfCommitsToTagNumber(semanticVersion, preReleaseTagName);
         }