diff --git a/lib/datasource/nuget/__fixtures__/nunit/v3_registration.json b/lib/datasource/nuget/__fixtures__/nunit/v3_registration.json
index d78a7d601ea1163b8007ef201e684ce2831a5435..c7f5873db2ffe3bd1e9eb435c1328d416cfeaf4c 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/nuget/__fixtures__/nunit/v3_registration.json
+++ b/lib/datasource/nuget/__fixtures__/nunit/v3_registration.json
@@ -2649,7 +2649,7 @@
               "addin"
             ],
             "title": "NUnit",
-            "version": "3.12.0"
+            "version": "3.12.0+build-632"
           },
           "packageContent": "https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/nunit/3.12.0/nunit.3.12.0.nupkg",
           "registration": "https://api.nuget.org/v3/registration5-gz-semver2/nunit/index.json"
diff --git a/lib/datasource/nuget/v3.ts b/lib/datasource/nuget/v3.ts
index c6eb16ca6d542bd6bcb28cc90a38fe3d863563b8..54bd399d86fb72ff036a3b4b26107c7dcfcf77b0 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/nuget/v3.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/nuget/v3.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export async function getReleases(
         release.releaseTimestamp = releaseTimestamp;
       }
       if (semver.valid(version) && !semver.prerelease(version)) {
-        latestStable = version;
+        latestStable = removeBuildMeta(version);
         homepage = projectUrl || homepage;
       }
       if (listed === false) {