diff --git a/.changeset/clean-trainers-talk.md b/.changeset/clean-trainers-talk.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..833d616f7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-trainers-talk.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"electron-updater": patch
+---
+
+add custom channel in github provider
diff --git a/packages/electron-updater/src/providers/GitHubProvider.ts b/packages/electron-updater/src/providers/GitHubProvider.ts
index 1b15b6ff71c..a91cf6be4ae 100644
--- a/packages/electron-updater/src/providers/GitHubProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-updater/src/providers/GitHubProvider.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ export class GitHubProvider extends BaseGitHubProvider<GithubUpdateInfo> {
     super(options, "github.com", runtimeOptions)
   }
 
+  private get channel(): string {
+    const result = this.updater.channel || this.options.channel
+    return result == null ? this.getDefaultChannelName() : this.getCustomChannelName(result)
+  }
+
   async getLatestVersion(): Promise<GithubUpdateInfo> {
     const cancellationToken = new CancellationToken()
 
@@ -136,7 +141,10 @@ export class GitHubProvider extends BaseGitHubProvider<GithubUpdateInfo> {
     }
 
     try {
-      const channel = this.updater.allowPrerelease ? this.getCustomChannelName(String(semver.prerelease(tag)?.[0] || "latest")) : this.getDefaultChannelName()
+      let channel = this.channel
+      if (this.updater.allowPrerelease && semver.prerelease(tag)?.[0]) {
+        channel = this.getCustomChannelName(String(semver.prerelease(tag)?.[0]))
+      }
       rawData = await fetchData(channel)
     } catch (e: any) {
       if (this.updater.allowPrerelease) {