diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 41cc9203..c9b734c5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -128,6 +128,6 @@ prerelease = true
 prerelease_token = "alpha"
 
 [tool.semantic_release.branches."major-dev"]
-match = "\\d+\\.0\\.0-(dev|rc)"
+match = "(\\d+\\.0\\.0-(dev|rc)|dev/\\d+\\.0\\.0)"
 prerelease = true
 prerelease_token = "rc"