diff --git a/.release-please-config.json b/.release-please-config.json
index 10b97c7..6d447d0 100644
--- a/.release-please-config.json
+++ b/.release-please-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "release-type": "python",
   "include-v-in-tag": true,
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
   "bootstrap-sha": "5ed358b3e2e0fd12dc336133f701b4ba5d8a298c",
   "packages": {
     ".": {