diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3e858a6b2..b8678dd00 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.21.5
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/authn/kubernetes v0.0.0-20260414223304-7a662782a11f
+	github.com/google/go-github/v74 v74.0.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.2
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674
@@ -184,7 +185,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/btree v1.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/cel-go v0.26.1 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.1 // indirect
-	github.com/google/go-github/v74 v74.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/jsonschema-go v0.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20260115054156-294ebfa9ad83 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/selfupdate/selfupdate.go b/pkg/selfupdate/selfupdate.go
index c89d26a3d..514dedeb1 100644
--- a/pkg/selfupdate/selfupdate.go
+++ b/pkg/selfupdate/selfupdate.go
@@ -71,7 +71,13 @@ func detectRelease(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	opts Options,
 ) (*selfupdate.Release, *selfupdate.Updater, error) {
+	source, err := newAllPagesSource()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("initialize release source: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	updater, err := selfupdate.NewUpdater(selfupdate.Config{
+		Source:     source,
 		Prerelease: opts.IncludePrerelease,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/selfupdate/source.go b/pkg/selfupdate/source.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b0a53f0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/selfupdate/source.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package selfupdate
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/creativeprojects/go-selfupdate"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v74/github"
+)
+
+const releasesPerPage = 100
+
+// allPagesSource lists releases across all pages so a target release behind
+// more than one page of pre-releases is still found.
+type allPagesSource struct {
+	*selfupdate.GitHubSource
+	api *github.Client
+}
+
+func newAllPagesSource() (*allPagesSource, error) {
+	base, err := selfupdate.NewGitHubSource(selfupdate.GitHubConfig{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	client := github.NewClient(nil)
+	if token := os.Getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN"); token != "" {
+		client = client.WithAuthToken(token)
+	}
+	return &allPagesSource{GitHubSource: base, api: client}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *allPagesSource) ListReleases(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	repository selfupdate.Repository,
+) ([]selfupdate.SourceRelease, error) {
+	owner, repo, err := repository.GetSlug()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	opts := &github.ListOptions{PerPage: releasesPerPage}
+	var releases []selfupdate.SourceRelease
+	for {
+		page, resp, err := s.api.Repositories.ListReleases(ctx, owner, repo, opts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("list releases for %s/%s: %w", owner, repo, err)
+		}
+		for _, rel := range page {
+			releases = append(releases, selfupdate.NewGitHubRelease(rel))
+		}
+		if resp.NextPage == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+		opts.Page = resp.NextPage
+	}
+	return releases, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/selfupdate/source_test.go b/pkg/selfupdate/source_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4430aa772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/selfupdate/source_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package selfupdate
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/creativeprojects/go-selfupdate"
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v74/github"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestAllPagesSourceListReleasesPaginates(t *testing.T) {
+	var requestedPages []string
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		page := r.URL.Query().Get("page")
+		requestedPages = append(requestedPages, page)
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+		switch page {
+		case "", "1":
+			base := "http://" + r.Host + r.URL.Path
+			w.Header().Set("Link", fmt.Sprintf(`<%s?page=2>; rel="next"`, base))
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`[{"tag_name":"v2.0.0-beta.1","prerelease":true}]`))
+		case "2":
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`[{"tag_name":"v1.0.0","prerelease":false}]`))
+		default:
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`[]`))
+		}
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	client := github.NewClient(nil)
+	baseURL, err := url.Parse(srv.URL + "/")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	client.BaseURL = baseURL
+
+	src := &allPagesSource{api: client}
+
+	releases, err := src.ListReleases(
+		context.Background(),
+		selfupdate.NewRepositorySlug("owner", "repo"),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Len(t, releases, 2, "should aggregate releases from both pages")
+	assert.Equal(t, "v2.0.0-beta.1", releases[0].GetTagName())
+	assert.Equal(t, "v1.0.0", releases[1].GetTagName(), "stable release on page 2 must be returned")
+	assert.Equal(
+		t,
+		[]string{"", "2"},
+		requestedPages,
+		"should request page 1 then follow next to page 2",
+	)
+}