diff --git a/gradle/lib/dependabot/gradle/version.rb b/gradle/lib/dependabot/gradle/version.rb
index c74c043e581..cf0cbdfa070 100644
--- a/gradle/lib/dependabot/gradle/version.rb
+++ b/gradle/lib/dependabot/gradle/version.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Version < Dependabot::Version
         "a" => 1, "alpha"     => 1,
         "b" => 2, "beta"      => 2,
         "m" => 3, "milestone" => 3,
-        "rc" => 4, "cr" => 4, "pr" => 4,
+        "rc" => 4, "cr" => 4, "pr" => 4, "pre" => 4,
         "snapshot" => 5, "dev" => 5,
         "ga" => 6, "" => 6, "final" => 6,
         "sp" => 7
diff --git a/gradle/spec/dependabot/gradle/version_spec.rb b/gradle/spec/dependabot/gradle/version_spec.rb
index 6f6207de112..8dcf33d6132 100644
--- a/gradle/spec/dependabot/gradle/version_spec.rb
+++ b/gradle/spec/dependabot/gradle/version_spec.rb
@@ -92,12 +92,18 @@
       it { is_expected.to be(false) }
     end
 
-    context "with a pre-release" do
+    context "with a 'pr' pre-release separated with a ." do
       let(:version_string) { "2.10.0.pr3" }
 
       it { is_expected.to be(true) }
     end
 
+    context "with a 'pre' pre-release separated with a -" do
+      let(:version_string) { "2.10.0-pre0" }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be(true) }
+    end
+
     context "with a release" do
       let(:version_string) { "1.0.0" }
 
diff --git a/maven/lib/dependabot/maven/version.rb b/maven/lib/dependabot/maven/version.rb
index 20056941e51..0cd26fe8f81 100644
--- a/maven/lib/dependabot/maven/version.rb
+++ b/maven/lib/dependabot/maven/version.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Version < Dependabot::Version
         "a" => 1, "alpha"     => 1,
         "b" => 2, "beta"      => 2,
         "m" => 3, "milestone" => 3,
-        "rc" => 4, "cr" => 4, "pr" => 4,
+        "rc" => 4, "cr" => 4, "pr" => 4, "pre" => 4,
         "snapshot" => 5, "dev" => 5,
         "ga" => 6, "" => 6, "final" => 6,
         "sp" => 7
diff --git a/maven/spec/dependabot/maven/version_spec.rb b/maven/spec/dependabot/maven/version_spec.rb
index 5e3308340c3..934c90779ea 100644
--- a/maven/spec/dependabot/maven/version_spec.rb
+++ b/maven/spec/dependabot/maven/version_spec.rb
@@ -116,12 +116,18 @@
       it { is_expected.to be(false) }
     end
 
-    context "with a pre-release" do
+    context "with a 'pr' pre-release separated with a ." do
       let(:version_string) { "2.10.0.pr3" }
 
       it { is_expected.to be(true) }
     end
 
+    context "with a 'pre' pre-release separated with a -" do
+      let(:version_string) { "2.10.0-pre0" }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be(true) }
+    end
+
     context "with a dev token" do
       let(:version_string) { "1.2.1-dev-65" }