diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 96e2a20..edb20b5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -14836,7 +14836,7 @@
     },
     "packages/branch-utilities": {
       "name": "@shiftcode/branch-utilities",
-      "version": "5.0.1",
+      "version": "5.0.2-pr65.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": "^20.0.0 || ^22.0.0"
@@ -14921,7 +14921,7 @@
     },
     "packages/publish-helper": {
       "name": "@shiftcode/publish-helper",
-      "version": "4.1.1",
+      "version": "4.1.2-pr65.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "conventional-changelog-angular": "^8.0.0",
@@ -14932,7 +14932,7 @@
         "publish-lib": "dist/publish-lib.js"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
-        "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^5.0.1",
+        "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^5.0.2-pr65.0",
         "@types/yargs": "^17.0.32"
       },
       "engines": {
diff --git a/packages/branch-utilities/package.json b/packages/branch-utilities/package.json
index 0d4b7c6..9112626 100644
--- a/packages/branch-utilities/package.json
+++ b/packages/branch-utilities/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@shiftcode/branch-utilities",
-  "version": "5.0.1",
+  "version": "5.0.2-pr65.0",
   "description": "Utilities for local and ci to get branch name and stage",
   "repository": "https://github.com/shiftcode/sc-commons-public",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.spec.ts b/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.spec.ts
index befd57d..553d2fd 100644
--- a/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { BranchInfo, getBranchInfo, parseBranchName } from './base.utils.js'
+import { BranchInfo, getBranchInfo, isProduction, isPullRequest, parseBranchName } from './base.utils.js'
 import { CustomGitHubContext, GithubActionEnv, GitHubContext } from './types/index.js'
 import { CustomScOverrideEnv } from './types/sc-override-env-var.type.js'
 
@@ -109,4 +109,31 @@ describe('base utils', () => {
       expect(() => parseBranchName('feat/copilot/fix-123')).toThrow()
     })
   })
+
+  describe('isProduction', () => {
+    test.each([
+      ['main', true],
+      ['master', true],
+      ['prod', false],
+      ['xx1', false],
+      ['pr1', false],
+      ['pr1-main', false],
+      ['xx1-master', false],
+    ])("when '%s' it returns %s", (stageName, expected) => {
+      expect(isProduction(stageName)).toBe(expected)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('isPullRequest', () => {
+    test.each([
+      ['pr1', true],
+      ['pr123456', true],
+      ['xx1', false],
+      ['xx123', false],
+      ['main', false],
+      ['master', false],
+    ])("when '%s' it returns %s", (stageName, expected) => {
+      expect(isPullRequest(stageName)).toBe(expected)
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.ts b/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.ts
index c906fcb..d16872a 100644
--- a/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.ts
+++ b/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.ts
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export function parseBranchName(branchName: string): { branchId: number; branchN
  * @return returns true if the stage is 'master' or 'main', false if not
  */
 export function isProduction(stageName: string): boolean {
-  return REGEX_MASTER.test(stageName) ?? REGEX_MAIN.test(stageName)
+  return REGEX_MASTER.test(stageName) || REGEX_MAIN.test(stageName)
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/publish-helper/package.json b/packages/publish-helper/package.json
index bc50b33..a96b619 100644
--- a/packages/publish-helper/package.json
+++ b/packages/publish-helper/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@shiftcode/publish-helper",
-  "version": "4.1.1",
+  "version": "4.1.2-pr65.0",
   "description": "scripts for conventional (pre)releases",
   "repository": "https://github.com/shiftcode/sc-commons-public",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "yargs": "^17.7.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^5.0.1",
+    "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^5.0.2-pr65.0",
     "@types/yargs": "^17.0.32"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {