diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge.yml b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
index 995cd1898..4b23a53d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         cache: 'npm'
     - run: npm ci
     - run: npm run build
-    - run: npx pr-release merge --target master --source next --commit --force --clean --changelog ./docs/recent-changes.md --compact
+    - run: npx pr-release merge --target master --source next --commit --force --clean --changelog ./docs/recent-changes.md --compact --minimize-semver-change
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 6543e9e1a..ad3ed2347 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         cache: 'npm'
     - run: npm ci
     - run: npm run build
-    - run: npx pr-release pr --verbose --target master --source next --compact --verbose
+    - run: npx pr-release pr --verbose --target master --source next --compact --verbose --minimize-semver-change
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
     # The following will publish a prerelease to npm
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ jobs:
       name: Setup NPM Auth
       env:
         NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-    - run: npx pr-release infer-prerelease --preid=next --verbose --publish
+    - run: npx pr-release infer-prerelease --preid=next --verbose --publish --minimize-semver-change
       name: Publish