diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-tickets-with-release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-tickets-with-release.yml
index 02de1f9..f0616b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-tickets-with-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-tickets-with-release.yml
@@ -38,9 +38,19 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: get next predicted version
+        id: get_next_version
+        uses: VirdocsSoftware/github-actions/.github/actions/predict-next-version@main
       - name: create prompt
         id: create_prompt
         run: |
+          if [ "${{ inputs.is-release }}" = "true" ]; then
+            TARGET_BRANCH="${{ inputs.target-branch }}"
+          elif git ls-remote --heads origin release/v$(cat next_version.txt) | grep -sw "refs/heads/release/v$(cat next_version.txt)"; then
+            TARGET_BRANCH="origin/release/v$(cat next_version.txt)"
+          else
+            TARGET_BRANCH="origin/main"
+          fi
           COMMON_BRANCH=$(git merge-base HEAD ${TARGET_BRANCH})
           DIFF="$(git log --pretty=format:'%s' ${COMMON_BRANCH}..HEAD)"
           LLM_PROMPT_PREFIX="Create a fun release description in 100 characters or less in one line without identifiers for the following data: