diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-ci.yml
index 85549d04229..24fd7c7e407 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-ci.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       source: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.source }}
       buildModuleChanged: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.buildModuleChanged }}
+      packagingChanged: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.packagingChanged }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
     name: macOS packaging and testing
     needs:
       - changes
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.source == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.buildModuleChanged == 'true' }}
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.packagingChanged == 'true' }}
     runs-on:
       - macos-15-large
     steps:
diff --git a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1 b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
index 9a9e34ab6de..4b162a2f500 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
+++ b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
@@ -1159,12 +1159,16 @@ function New-UnixPackage {
         }
 
         # Determine if the version is a preview version
-        # Only LTS packages get a prefix in the name
-        # Preview versions are identified by the version string itself (e.g., 7.6.0-preview.6)
-        # Rebuild versions are also identified by the version string (e.g., 7.4.13-rebuild.5)
+        $IsPreview = Test-IsPreview -Version $Version -IsLTS:$LTS
+
+        # For deb/rpm packages, use the '-lts' and '-preview' channel suffix variants to match existing names on packages.microsoft.com.
+        # For osxpkg package, only LTS packages get a channel suffix in the name.
         $Name = if($LTS) {
             "powershell-lts"
         }
+        elseif ($IsPreview -and $Type -ne "osxpkg") {
+            "powershell-preview"
+        }
         else {
             "powershell"
         }