diff --git a/scripts/update_distributions.py b/scripts/update_distributions.py
index 6d7aa64..70cbdca 100644
--- a/scripts/update_distributions.py
+++ b/scripts/update_distributions.py
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 # /// script
 # dependencies = [
-#   "httpx",
+#   "httpx2",
 #   "packaging",
+#   "rich",
 # ]
 # ///
 import os
 from collections import defaultdict
 from contextlib import suppress
+from itertools import count
 from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
 
-import httpx
+import httpx2
+from rich.progress import Progress
 from packaging.version import Version
 
 RELEASES_URL = 'https://api.github.com/repos/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases'
@@ -30,16 +34,22 @@ def get_assets():
 
     headers = {'Authorization': f'Bearer {token}', 'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28'}
 
-    page = 1
-    while True:
-        print(f'Fetching page {page}...')
-        response = httpx.get(RELEASES_URL, headers=headers, timeout=60, params={'page': page, 'per_page': 5})
+    progress = Progress()
+    task = progress.add_task("Updating distributions...")
+    progress.start()
+    for page in count(1):
+        response = httpx2.get(RELEASES_URL, headers=headers, timeout=60, params={'page': page, 'per_page': 5})
         releases = response.json()
         if not response.is_success:
             import json
 
             formatted = json.dumps(releases, indent=2)
-            raise httpx.NetworkError(formatted)
+            raise httpx2.NetworkError(formatted)
+
+        if last_link := response.links.get('last'):
+            query = parse_qs(urlparse(last_link['url']).query)
+            if last_page := next(iter(query.get('page', ())), None):
+                progress.update(task, total=int(last_page))
 
         if not releases:
             break
@@ -48,12 +58,9 @@ def get_assets():
             for asset in release['assets']:
                 yield asset['name'], asset['browser_download_url']
 
-        page += 1
-
+        progress.advance(task, 1)
 
 def main():
-    print('Updating distributions...')
-
     lines = Path('build.rs').read_text('utf-8').splitlines()
     start = end = -1
     for i, line in enumerate(lines):
@@ -96,8 +103,8 @@ def main():
         raw_version, _, release = release_data.partition('+')
         version = Version(raw_version)
 
-        # Skip prereleases for now
-        if version.pre is not None:
+        # Skip non-rc prereleases for now
+        if version.pre is not None and version.pre[0] != "rc":
             continue
 
         variant_start = 3 if 'apple' in remaining else 4
@@ -141,7 +148,7 @@ def main():
             arch = 'powerpc64'
 
         distribution = (minor_version_parts, os_name, arch, abi, variant_cpu, variant_gil)
-        distributions[distribution].append((((version.major, Version.minor, version.micro), date), url))
+        distributions[distribution].append((((version.major, version.minor, version.micro), date), url))
 
     flattened_distributions = defaultdict(list)
     for (