diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 0dde12b..75df532 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
   "include-v-in-tag": false,
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
   "packages": {
     ".": {
       "release-type": "python",