diff --git a/src/copilot-cli/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/copilot-cli/devcontainer-feature.json
index bfd97286c..f4db33ced 100644
--- a/src/copilot-cli/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/src/copilot-cli/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "id": "copilot-cli",
-    "version": "1.1.2",
+    "version": "1.1.3",
     "name": "GitHub Copilot CLI",
     "documentationURL": "https://github.com/devcontainers/features/tree/main/src/copilot-cli",
     "description": "Installs the GitHub Copilot CLI.",
diff --git a/src/copilot-cli/install.sh b/src/copilot-cli/install.sh
index 47c2e3aca..d4c27ad1a 100755
--- a/src/copilot-cli/install.sh
+++ b/src/copilot-cli/install.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ download_from_github() {
     rm -rf /tmp/copilotcli
 }
 
+# Resolves the latest prerelease version tag from a remote repository.
+# Filters to well-formed vX.Y.Z or vX.Y.Z-N tags and sorts by version.
+resolve_prerelease_version() {
+    local repo_url="${1:?resolve_prerelease_version requires a repository URL}"
+    git ls-remote --tags "${repo_url}" \
+      | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's|refs/tags/||' \
+      | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[0-9]+)?$' \
+      | sort -V | tail -n1
+}
+
 install_using_github() {
     check_packages wget tar ca-certificates git
     echo "Finished setting up dependencies"
@@ -63,7 +73,7 @@ install_using_github() {
     if [ "${CLI_VERSION}" = "latest" ]; then
         download_from_github "https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/releases/latest/download/${cli_filename}"
     elif [ "${CLI_VERSION}" = "prerelease" ]; then
-        prerelease_version="$(git ls-remote --tags https://github.com/github/copilot-cli | tail -1 | awk -F/ '{print $NF}')"
+        prerelease_version="$(resolve_prerelease_version "https://github.com/github/copilot-cli")"
         download_from_github "https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/releases/download/${prerelease_version}/${cli_filename}"
     else
         # Install specific version
diff --git a/test/copilot-cli/resolve_prerelease_version.sh b/test/copilot-cli/resolve_prerelease_version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8369788c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/copilot-cli/resolve_prerelease_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Optional: Import test library
+source dev-container-features-test-lib
+
+# Define the function under test (matches src/copilot-cli/install.sh)
+resolve_prerelease_version() {
+    local repo_url="${1:?resolve_prerelease_version requires a repository URL}"
+    git ls-remote --tags "${repo_url}" \
+      | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's|refs/tags/||' \
+      | grep -E '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[0-9]+)?$' \
+      | sort -V | tail -n1
+}
+
+# Create a mock git script that returns controlled output
+MOCK_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+cat > "${MOCK_DIR}/git" << 'SCRIPT'
+#!/bin/bash
+# Return mock ls-remote output based on the repo URL argument
+repo="${*: -1}"
+case "${repo}" in
+  "mock://basic")
+    printf 'abc1234\trefs/tags/v1.0.1\ndef5678\trefs/tags/v1.0.9\nghi9012\trefs/tags/v1.0.10\njkl3456\trefs/tags/v1.0.45\nmno7890\trefs/tags/v1.0.2\n'
+    ;;
+  "mock://prerelease")
+    printf 'abc1234\trefs/tags/v1.0.44\ndef5678\trefs/tags/v1.0.45-1\nghi9012\trefs/tags/v1.0.45-10\njkl3456\trefs/tags/v1.0.45-2\nmno7890\trefs/tags/v1.0.45\n'
+    ;;
+  "mock://stray")
+    printf 'abc1234\trefs/tags/latest\ndef5678\trefs/tags/v1.0.3\nghi9012\trefs/tags/nightly\njkl3456\trefs/tags/v1.0.20\n'
+    ;;
+esac
+SCRIPT
+chmod +x "${MOCK_DIR}/git"
+export PATH="${MOCK_DIR}:${PATH}"
+
+# Test: version sort picks v1.0.45, not v1.0.9
+result="$(resolve_prerelease_version "mock://basic")"
+check "picks highest version (v1.0.45)" bash -c "[ '${result}' = 'v1.0.45' ]"
+
+# Test: prerelease numeric suffixes sort correctly
+result2="$(resolve_prerelease_version "mock://prerelease")"
+check "picks highest prerelease (v1.0.45-10)" bash -c "[ '${result2}' = 'v1.0.45-10' ]"
+
+# Test: filters out non-version tags
+result3="$(resolve_prerelease_version "mock://stray")"
+check "ignores non-version tags" bash -c "[ '${result3}' = 'v1.0.20' ]"
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -rf "${MOCK_DIR}"
+
+# Report result
+reportResults
diff --git a/test/copilot-cli/scenarios.json b/test/copilot-cli/scenarios.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87fcc541d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/copilot-cli/scenarios.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "resolve_prerelease_version": {
+    "image": "ubuntu:noble",
+    "features": {
+      "copilot-cli": {
+        "version": "latest"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}