diff --git a/.github/settings.yml b/.github/settings.yml
index ec6a4e4..718147d 100644
--- a/.github/settings.yml
+++ b/.github/settings.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   allow_rebase_merge: true
 
 branches:
-  - name: master
+  - &default_protection
     # https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/branches/#update-branch-protection
     # Branch Protection settings. Set to null to disable
     protection:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ branches:
         # Required. Require branches to be up to date before merging.
         strict: true
         # Required. The list of status checks to require in order to merge into this branch
-        contexts: contexts: ["test (18.x)", "test (20.x)", "license/cla"]
+        contexts: ["test (18.x)", "test (20.x)", "license/cla"]
       # Required. Enforce all configured restrictions for administrators. Set to true to enforce required status checks for repository administrators. Set to null to disable.
       enforce_admins: false
       # Required. Restrict who can push to this branch. Team and user restrictions are only available for organization-owned repositories. Set to null to disable.
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ branches:
       # Prevent merge commits from being pushed to matching branches
       required_linear_history: true
 
+  - name: master
+    <<: *default_protection
+
+  - name: beta
+    <<: *default_protection
+
 # Labels: define labels for Issues and Pull Requests
 labels:
   - name: auro-wcss
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testPublish.yml b/.github/workflows/testPublish.yml
index bacf70e..0f56e3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testPublish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testPublish.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
   release:
     # Only release on push to master
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' || 'refs/heads/beta'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: test
     steps:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70f87f8..ebcd3a6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,15 @@
     ]
   },
   "release": {
-    "branch": "master",
+    "branches": [
+      {
+        "name": "main"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "beta",
+        "prerelease": true
+      }
+    ],
     "plugins": [
       "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
       "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",