diff --git a/lib/content/index.js b/lib/content/index.js
index ddaef336..ac5a4874 100644
--- a/lib/content/index.js
+++ b/lib/content/index.js
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ module.exports = {
   workspaceModule,
   windowsCI: true,
   branches: ['main', 'latest'],
+  releaseBranches: [],
   defaultBranch: 'main',
   // Escape hatch since we write a release test file but the
   // CLI has a very custom one we dont want to overwrite. This
diff --git a/lib/content/release-please.yml b/lib/content/release-please.yml
index e80e6122..5dab67d0 100644
--- a/lib/content/release-please.yml
+++ b/lib/content/release-please.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
       {{#each branches}}
       - {{.}}
       {{/each}}
+      {{#each releaseBranches}}
+      - {{.}}
+      {{/each}}
 
 permissions:
   contents: write