diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f0de1d99f..e19411b33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ jobs:
           git add Formula/fabro.rb
           git diff --cached --quiet || (git commit -m "Update fabro to ${TAG_NAME}" && git push)
 
-  update-homebrew-beta:
-    name: Update Homebrew Beta Formula
+  update-homebrew-nightly:
+    name: Update Homebrew Nightly Formula
     needs: release
     if: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
           pattern: artifacts-fabro-*
           merge-multiple: true
 
-      - name: Generate and push beta formula
+      - name: Generate and push nightly formula
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN }}
           TAG_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
@@ -181,12 +181,12 @@ jobs:
             -e "s/{{SHA_AARCH64_DARWIN}}/$SHA_AARCH64_DARWIN/g" \
             -e "s/{{SHA_X86_64_LINUX}}/$SHA_X86_64_LINUX/g" \
             -e "s/{{SHA_AARCH64_LINUX}}/$SHA_AARCH64_LINUX/g" \
-            installer/fabro-beta.rb.template > fabro-beta.rb
+            installer/fabro-nightly.rb.template > fabro-nightly.rb
 
           git clone https://x-access-token:${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/fabro-sh/homebrew-tap.git tap
-          cp fabro-beta.rb tap/Formula/fabro-beta.rb
+          cp fabro-nightly.rb tap/Formula/fabro-nightly.rb
           cd tap
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git add Formula/fabro-beta.rb
-          git diff --cached --quiet || (git commit -m "Update fabro-beta to ${TAG_NAME}" && git push)
+          git add Formula/fabro-nightly.rb
+          git diff --cached --quiet || (git commit -m "Update fabro-nightly to ${TAG_NAME}" && git push)
diff --git a/bin/dev/release.sh b/bin/dev/release.sh
index 3ffa0abf8..86de33ec7 100755
--- a/bin/dev/release.sh
+++ b/bin/dev/release.sh
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ next_base_version() {
 validate_prerelease_label() {
   local label="$1"
   case "$label" in
-    alpha|beta|rc) ;;
+    nightly) ;;
     *)
-      die "invalid pre-release label: $label (expected one of: alpha, beta, rc)"
+      die "invalid pre-release label: $label (expected: nightly)"
       ;;
   esac
 }
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ parse_args() {
         ;;
       --help|-h)
         cat <<'EOF'
-Usage: bin/dev/release.sh [alpha|beta|rc] [--dry-run] [--skip-tests]
+Usage: bin/dev/release.sh [nightly] [--dry-run] [--skip-tests]
 
 Create the next stable release from main, or compute a prerelease tag.
 
diff --git a/installer/fabro-beta.rb.template b/installer/fabro-nightly.rb.template
similarity index 90%
rename from installer/fabro-beta.rb.template
rename to installer/fabro-nightly.rb.template
index f88a124a5..f37c3d1e0 100644
--- a/installer/fabro-beta.rb.template
+++ b/installer/fabro-nightly.rb.template
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-class FabroBeta < Formula
-  desc "Unified CLI for the Fabro AI framework (pre-release channel)"
+class FabroNightly < Formula
+  desc "Unified CLI for the Fabro AI framework (nightly channel)"
   homepage "https://fabro.sh"
   license "MIT"
   version "{{VERSION}}"