diff --git a/src/HassModel/NetDaemon.HassModel.CodeGenerator/DependencyValidator.cs b/src/HassModel/NetDaemon.HassModel.CodeGenerator/DependencyValidator.cs
index 13a68e3ee..3c98c80b4 100644
--- a/src/HassModel/NetDaemon.HassModel.CodeGenerator/DependencyValidator.cs
+++ b/src/HassModel/NetDaemon.HassModel.CodeGenerator/DependencyValidator.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ public static void ValidatePackageRefrences()
 
     public static IEnumerable<string> GetProjects() => Directory.GetFiles(".", "*.csproj", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Trims the pre-release information from a version string
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static string TrimPreReleaseVersion(string version)
+    {
+        var parts = version.Split('-');
+        return parts[0];
+    }
+
     private static IEnumerable<(string name, string version)>GetPackageReferences(string projectFilePath)
     {
         var csproj = new XmlDocument();
@@ -51,6 +60,7 @@ public static void ValidatePackageRefrences()
             var version = packageReference.Attributes?["Version"]?.Value;
             if (packageName is not null && version is not null)
             {
+                packageName = TrimPreReleaseVersion(packageName);
                 yield return (packageName, version);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/HassModel/NetDaemon.HassModel.Tests/CodeGenerator/DependencyValidatorTests.cs b/src/HassModel/NetDaemon.HassModel.Tests/CodeGenerator/DependencyValidatorTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..207f7dc09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HassModel/NetDaemon.HassModel.Tests/CodeGenerator/DependencyValidatorTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using NetDaemon.HassModel.CodeGenerator;
+
+namespace NetDaemon.HassModel.Tests.CodeGenerator;
+
+public class DependencyValidatorTests
+{
+    // Test that pre-release versions are trimmed using the TrimPreReleaseVersion method using theory
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("1.0.0-alpha", "1.0.0")]
+    [InlineData("24.17.0-alpha-2", "24.17.0")]
+    [InlineData("24.17.0", "24.17.0")]
+    public void TrimPreReleaseVersionShouldReturnCorrectVersion(string version, string expected)
+    {
+        // ARRANGE
+
+        // ACT
+        var result = DependencyValidator.TrimPreReleaseVersion(version);
+
+        // ASSERT
+        result.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+}