From 3ecd7eba3b445fda054b048f811f8b4999180bb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dermot Duffy <dermot.duffy@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:58:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: Add support for `next` release branch (#2354)

---
 .github/workflows/semantic-release.yml | 1 +
 package.json                           | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml b/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml
index 3f9d36e1..5c697b28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      - next
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 27517a1b..afd59850 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@
     "vitest-mock-extended": "^1.3.1"
   },
   "release": {
+    "branches": [
+      "main",
+      {
+        "name": "next",
+        "channel": "next",
+        "prerelease": "rc"
+      }
+    ],
     "plugins": [
       [
         "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",