diff --git a/clr_loader/__init__.py b/clr_loader/__init__.py
index 2744cf0..ce239a1 100644
--- a/clr_loader/__init__.py
+++ b/clr_loader/__init__.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def get_coreclr_command_line(
     *,
     entry_dll: StrOrPath,
     dotnet_root: Optional[StrOrPath] = None,
-    properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
+    properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
 ) -> Runtime:
     """Get a CoreCLR (.NET Core) runtime instance
     The returned ``DotnetCoreRuntimeCommandLine`` also acts as a mapping of the config
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ def get_coreclr_command_line(
     if dotnet_root is None:
         dotnet_root = find_dotnet_root()
 
-    impl = DotnetCoreCommandRuntime(entry_dll=_maybe_path(entry_dll), dotnet_root=dotnet_root)
+    impl = DotnetCoreCommandRuntime(
+        entry_dll=_maybe_path(entry_dll), dotnet_root=dotnet_root
+    )
     if properties:
         for key, value in properties.items():
             impl[key] = value
diff --git a/clr_loader/ffi/__init__.py b/clr_loader/ffi/__init__.py
index 7917af9..eb2b5ae 100644
--- a/clr_loader/ffi/__init__.py
+++ b/clr_loader/ffi/__init__.py
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ def load_hostfxr(dotnet_root: Path):
     hostfxr_name = _get_dll_name("hostfxr")
     dotnet_root = dotnet_root.absolute()
 
-    # This will fail as soon as .NET hits version 10, but hopefully by then
-    # we'll have a more robust way of finding the libhostfxr
+    # Find all hostfxr versions by looking for the library file in version subdirectories
     hostfxr_path = dotnet_root / "host" / "fxr"
-    hostfxr_paths = hostfxr_path.glob(f"?.*/{hostfxr_name}")
+    hostfxr_paths = hostfxr_path.glob(f"*/{hostfxr_name}")
 
     error_report = list()
 
@@ -69,7 +68,9 @@ def load_netfx():
 def _path_to_version(path: Path) -> Tuple[int, int, int]:
     name = path.parent.name
     try:
-        res = list(map(int, name.split(".")))
+        # Handle pre-release versions like "10.0.0-rc.1" by taking only the version part
+        version_part = name.split("-")[0]
+        res = list(map(int, version_part.split(".")))
         return tuple(res + [0, 0, 0])[:3]
     except Exception:
         return (0, 0, 0)
diff --git a/clr_loader/hostfxr.py b/clr_loader/hostfxr.py
index 7a159f3..60ad6b6 100644
--- a/clr_loader/hostfxr.py
+++ b/clr_loader/hostfxr.py
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ def info(self):
 class DotnetCoreRuntime(DotnetCoreRuntimeBase):
     def __init__(self, runtime_config: Path, dotnet_root: Path, **params: str):
         super().__init__(dotnet_root)
-        self._handle = _get_handle_for_runtime_config(self._dll, self._dotnet_root, runtime_config)
+        self._handle = _get_handle_for_runtime_config(
+            self._dll, self._dotnet_root, runtime_config
+        )
 
         for key, value in params.items():
             self[key] = value
@@ -132,7 +134,9 @@ def __init__(self, runtime_config: Path, dotnet_root: Path, **params: str):
 class DotnetCoreCommandRuntime(DotnetCoreRuntimeBase):
     def __init__(self, entry_dll: Path, dotnet_root: Path, **params: str):
         super().__init__(dotnet_root)
-        self._handle = _get_handle_for_dotnet_command_line(self._dll, self._dotnet_root, entry_dll)
+        self._handle = _get_handle_for_dotnet_command_line(
+            self._dll, self._dotnet_root, entry_dll
+        )
 
         for key, value in params.items():
             self[key] = value
@@ -141,7 +145,9 @@ def __init__(self, entry_dll: Path, dotnet_root: Path, **params: str):
         self._version = "<undefined>"
 
 
-def _get_handle_for_runtime_config(dll, dotnet_root: StrOrPath, runtime_config: StrOrPath):
+def _get_handle_for_runtime_config(
+    dll, dotnet_root: StrOrPath, runtime_config: StrOrPath
+):
     params = ffi.new("hostfxr_initialize_parameters*")
     params.size = ffi.sizeof("hostfxr_initialize_parameters")
     # params.host_path = ffi.new("char_t[]", encode(sys.executable))
@@ -159,7 +165,9 @@ def _get_handle_for_runtime_config(dll, dotnet_root: StrOrPath, runtime_config:
     return handle_ptr[0]
 
 
-def _get_handle_for_dotnet_command_line(dll, dotnet_root: StrOrPath, entry_dll: StrOrPath):
+def _get_handle_for_dotnet_command_line(
+    dll, dotnet_root: StrOrPath, entry_dll: StrOrPath
+):
     params = ffi.new("hostfxr_initialize_parameters*")
     params.size = ffi.sizeof("hostfxr_initialize_parameters")
     params.host_path = ffi.NULL
@@ -172,9 +180,7 @@ def _get_handle_for_dotnet_command_line(dll, dotnet_root: StrOrPath, entry_dll:
     arg_ptr = ffi.new("char_t[]", encode(str(Path(entry_dll))))
     args_ptr[0] = arg_ptr
     res = dll.hostfxr_initialize_for_dotnet_command_line(
-        1,
-        args_ptr,
-        params, handle_ptr
+        1, args_ptr, params, handle_ptr
     )
 
     check_result(res)