diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index eb1c855..e0ef4dd 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
       "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
       "release-type": "ruby",
       "include-component-in-tag": false,
-      "version-file": "lib/busser/bash/version.rb"
+      "version-file": "lib/busser/bash/version.rb",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true
     }
   }
 }