diff --git a/.github/settings.yml b/.github/settings.yml
index 87e6c55..37c2cd3 100644
--- a/.github/settings.yml
+++ b/.github/settings.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ teams:
     permission: push
 
 branches:
-  - name: main
+  - &default_protection
     # https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/branches/#update-branch-protection
     # Branch Protection settings. Set to null to disable
     protection:
@@ -70,11 +70,19 @@ 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: ["test (18.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.
       restrictions: null
+      # Prevent merge commits from being pushed to matching branches
+      required_linear_history: true
+
+  - name: main
+    <<: *default_protection
+
+  - name: beta
+    <<: *default_protection
 
 # Labels: define labels for Issues and Pull Requests
 labels:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testPublish.yml b/.github/workflows/testPublish.yml
index c2a7487..87db9c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testPublish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testPublish.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
   release:
     # Only release on push to main
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || 'refs/heads/beta'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: test
     steps:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 975b27c..5b410a9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -96,7 +96,13 @@
   },
   "release": {
     "branches": [
-      "main"
+      {
+        "name": "main"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "beta",
+        "prerelease": true
+      }
     ],
     "plugins": [
       "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",