diff --git a/packages/melos/lib/src/command_runner/version.dart b/packages/melos/lib/src/command_runner/version.dart
index 2c14fe2f..b02680ea 100644
--- a/packages/melos/lib/src/command_runner/version.dart
+++ b/packages/melos/lib/src/command_runner/version.dart
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import 'package:glob/glob.dart';
 import 'package:pub_semver/pub_semver.dart';
 
 import '../commands/runner.dart';
+import '../common/utils.dart';
 import '../common/versioning.dart';
 import '../package.dart';
 import '../workspace_configs.dart';
@@ -240,8 +241,9 @@ class VersionCommand extends MelosCommand {
       return ManualVersionChange.incrementBuildNumber();
     }
 
-    final semverReleaseType = SemverReleaseType.values
-        .firstWhereOrNull((releaseType) => releaseType.name == argument);
+    final semverReleaseType = SemverReleaseType.values.firstWhereOrNull(
+      (releaseType) => describeEnum(releaseType) == argument,
+    );
     if (semverReleaseType != null) {
       return ManualVersionChange.incrementBySemverReleaseType(
         semverReleaseType,
diff --git a/packages/melos/lib/src/common/utils.dart b/packages/melos/lib/src/common/utils.dart
index d45aaf4e..1157702f 100644
--- a/packages/melos/lib/src/common/utils.dart
+++ b/packages/melos/lib/src/common/utils.dart
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ extension Let<T> on T? {
   }
 }
 
+String describeEnum(Object value) => value.toString().split('.').last;
+
 // MELOS_PACKAGES environment variable is a comma delimited list of
 // package names - used instead of filters if it is present.
 // This can be user defined or can come from package selection in `melos run`.