diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index e0b6110..a08e10d 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ function getPmdVersionFromRelease(release) {
 }
 
 function getDownloadURL(release) {
-    const asset = release.data.assets.filter(a => a.name === `pmd-bin-${getPmdVersionFromRelease(release)}.zip`)[0];
+    const asset = release.data.assets.filter(a => {
+        const version = getPmdVersionFromRelease(release);
+        return a.name === `pmd-bin-${version}.zip`
+            || a.name === `pmd-dist-${version}-bin.zip`
+    })[0];
     core.debug(`url: ${asset.browser_download_url}`);
     return asset.browser_download_url;
 }
diff --git a/tests/data/create-zips.sh b/tests/data/create-zips.sh
index 2f70d8f..f01bc10 100755
--- a/tests/data/create-zips.sh
+++ b/tests/data/create-zips.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ zip -r pmd-bin-6.39.0.zip pmd-bin-6.39.0
 zip -r pmd-bin-6.40.0.zip pmd-bin-6.40.0
 zip -r pmd-bin-6.41.0.zip pmd-bin-6.41.0
 zip -r pmd-bin-7.0.0-rc1.zip pmd-bin-7.0.0-rc1
+zip -r pmd-dist-7.0.0-rc2-bin.zip pmd-bin-7.0.0-rc2
 zip -r pmd-bin-7.0.0-SNAPSHOT.zip pmd-bin-7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/tests/data/pmd-bin-7.0.0-rc2/bin/pmd b/tests/data/pmd-bin-7.0.0-rc2/bin/pmd
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9445fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/pmd-bin-7.0.0-rc2/bin/pmd
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo "Running PMD 7.0.0-rc2 with: $@"
+
+echo '{
+  "runs": [
+    {
+      "tool": {
+        "driver": {
+          "name": "PMD",
+          "version": "7.0.0-rc2"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}' > pmd-report.sarif
+
diff --git a/tests/data/pmd-bin-7.0.0-rc2/bin/pmd.bat b/tests/data/pmd-bin-7.0.0-rc2/bin/pmd.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e78124d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/pmd-bin-7.0.0-rc2/bin/pmd.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+@echo off
+echo Running PMD 7.0.0-rc2 with: %*
+
+(
+    echo {
+    echo   "runs": [
+    echo     {
+    echo       "tool": {
+    echo         "driver": {
+    echo           "name": "PMD",
+    echo           "version": "7.0.0-rc2"
+    echo         }
+    echo       }
+    echo     }
+    echo   ]
+    echo }
+)>"pmd-report.sarif"
diff --git a/tests/data/pmd-dist-7.0.0-rc2-bin.zip b/tests/data/pmd-dist-7.0.0-rc2-bin.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ae656a
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/data/pmd-dist-7.0.0-rc2-bin.zip differ
diff --git a/tests/data/releases-7.0.0-rc2.json b/tests/data/releases-7.0.0-rc2.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..880195f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/releases-7.0.0-rc2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "id": "2",
+    "name": "latest pmd release for test (7.0.0-rc2)",
+    "tag_name": "pmd_releases/7.0.0-rc2",
+    "assets": [
+        {
+            "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases/7.0.0-rc2/pmd-dist-7.0.0-rc2-bin.zip",
+            "name": "pmd-dist-7.0.0-rc2-bin.zip"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/util.test.js b/tests/util.test.js
index e2a34ba..916cf8d 100644
--- a/tests/util.test.js
+++ b/tests/util.test.js
@@ -460,6 +460,24 @@ describe('pmd-github-action-util', function () {
     await expect(util.downloadPmd('latest', 'my-token', 'https://example.org/download')).rejects
       .toBe('Can\'t combine version=latest with custom downloadUrl=https://example.org/download');
   });
+
+  it('use latest PMD 7.0.0-rc2 with new binary filename', async () => {
+    nock('https://api.github.com')
+      .get('/repos/pmd/pmd/releases/latest')
+      .replyWithFile(200, __dirname + '/data/releases-7.0.0-rc2.json', {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      })
+    nock('https://github.com')
+      .get('/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases/7.0.0-rc2/pmd-dist-7.0.0-rc2-bin.zip')
+      .replyWithFile(200, __dirname + '/data/pmd-dist-7.0.0-rc2-bin.zip')
+
+    const pmdInfo = await util.downloadPmd('latest', 'my_test_token');
+
+    const toolCache = path.join(cachePath, 'pmd', '7.0.0-rc2', os.arch(), 'pmd-bin-7.0.0-rc2');
+    expect(pmdInfo).toStrictEqual({ path: toolCache, version: '7.0.0-rc2' });
+    await expect(fs.access(toolCache)).resolves.toBe(undefined);
+  })
+
 });
 
 function setGlobal(key, value) {