diff --git a/Versionize.Tests/VersionIncrementStrategyTests.cs b/Versionize.Tests/VersionIncrementStrategyTests.cs
index 6682782..e0d8e18 100644
--- a/Versionize.Tests/VersionIncrementStrategyTests.cs
+++ b/Versionize.Tests/VersionIncrementStrategyTests.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public void ShouldNotIncrementPatchVersionForInsignificantCommitsIfIgnoreInsigni
             new ConventionalCommit { Type = "chore" }
         });
 
-        strategy.NextVersion(new SemanticVersion(1, 1, 1)).ShouldBe(new SemanticVersion(1, 1, 1));
+        strategy.NextVersion(new SemanticVersion(1, 1, 1), null, false).ShouldBe(new SemanticVersion(1, 1, 1));
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public void ShouldIncrementVersionFromPrereleaseToPrerelease(TestScenario testSc
     {
         var strategy = new VersionIncrementStrategy(testScenario.Commits);
 
-        var nextVersion = strategy.NextVersion(testScenario.FromVersion, testScenario.PrereleaseLabel);
+        var nextVersion = strategy.NextVersion(testScenario.FromVersion, testScenario.PrereleaseLabel, !testScenario.IgnoreInsignificantCommits);
 
         nextVersion.ShouldBe(testScenario.ExpectedVersion);
     }
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ public static IEnumerable<object[]> StableToPrerelease()
             .GivenCommit("fix")
             .Prerelease("alpha")
             .ExpectVersion("1.0.1-alpha.0");
+
+        yield return Scenario("release number increment from major with chore commit to patch alpha")
+            .FromVersion("1.0.0")
+            .GivenCommit("chore")
+            .Prerelease("alpha")
+            .ExpectVersion("1.0.1-alpha.0");
     }
 
     public static IEnumerable<object[]> PrereleaseToPrerelease()
@@ -150,6 +156,7 @@ public static IEnumerable<object[]> PrereleaseToPrerelease()
             .FromVersion("1.0.0-alpha.0")
             .GivenCommit("chore")
             .Prerelease("alpha")
+            .IgnoreInsignificantCommits()
             .ExpectVersion("1.0.0-alpha.0");
 
         yield return Scenario("pre-release number increment from minor with fix commit with new pre-release label")
@@ -162,6 +169,7 @@ public static IEnumerable<object[]> PrereleaseToPrerelease()
             .FromVersion("1.0.0-alpha.0")
             .GivenCommit("chore")
             .Prerelease("alpha")
+            .IgnoreInsignificantCommits()
             .ExpectVersion("1.0.0-alpha.0");
     }
 
@@ -202,6 +210,7 @@ public class TestScenarioBuilder
         private string _prereleaseLabel;
         private SemanticVersion _fromVersion;
         private string _description;
+        private bool _ignoreInsignificantCommits;
 
         public TestScenarioBuilder FromVersion(string version)
         {
@@ -241,6 +250,12 @@ public TestScenarioBuilder DescribedBy(string description)
             return this;
         }
 
+        public TestScenarioBuilder IgnoreInsignificantCommits()
+        {
+            _ignoreInsignificantCommits = true;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public object[] ExpectVersion(string expectedVersion)
         {
             _expectedVersion = SemanticVersion.Parse(expectedVersion);
@@ -258,6 +273,7 @@ public object[] Build()
                     FromVersion = _fromVersion,
                     PrereleaseLabel = _prereleaseLabel,
                     Description = _description,
+                    IgnoreInsignificantCommits = _ignoreInsignificantCommits,
                 }
             };
         }
@@ -271,6 +287,7 @@ public class TestScenario
         public SemanticVersion FromVersion { get; set; }
 
         public string Description { get; set; }
+        public bool IgnoreInsignificantCommits { get; internal set; }
 
         public override string ToString()
         {
diff --git a/Versionize/VersionIncrementStrategy.cs b/Versionize/VersionIncrementStrategy.cs
index 76a5892..d4d9be2 100644
--- a/Versionize/VersionIncrementStrategy.cs
+++ b/Versionize/VersionIncrementStrategy.cs
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ public VersionIncrementStrategy(IEnumerable<ConventionalCommit> conventionalComm
         _conventionalCommits = conventionalCommits;
     }
 
-    public SemanticVersion NextVersion(SemanticVersion version, string prereleaseLabel = null)
+    public SemanticVersion NextVersion(
+        SemanticVersion version,
+        string prereleaseLabel = null,
+        bool allowInsignificantCommits = true)
     {
-        var versionImpact = CalculateVersionImpact();
+        var versionImpact = CalculateVersionImpact(allowInsignificantCommits);
         var isPrerelease = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(prereleaseLabel);
 
         var nextVersion = versionImpact switch
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ public SemanticVersion NextVersion(SemanticVersion version, string prereleaseLab
         };
     }
 
-    private VersionImpact CalculateVersionImpact()
+    private VersionImpact CalculateVersionImpact(bool allowInsignificantCommits)
     {
         // TODO: Quick and dirty implementation - Conventions? Better comparison?
         var versionImpact = VersionImpact.None;
@@ -78,6 +81,10 @@ private VersionImpact CalculateVersionImpact()
                 {
                     versionImpact = MaxVersionImpact(versionImpact, VersionImpact.Minor);
                 }
+                else if (allowInsignificantCommits)
+                {
+                    versionImpact = MaxVersionImpact(versionImpact, VersionImpact.Patch);
+                }
             }
 
             if (conventionalCommit.IsBreakingChange)
diff --git a/Versionize/WorkingCopy.cs b/Versionize/WorkingCopy.cs
index 06b0b80..356b1f8 100644
--- a/Versionize/WorkingCopy.cs
+++ b/Versionize/WorkingCopy.cs
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ public SemanticVersion Versionize(VersionizeOptions options)
 
         var versionIncrement = new VersionIncrementStrategy(conventionalCommits);
 
-        var nextVersion = isInitialRelease ? projects.Version : versionIncrement.NextVersion(projects.Version, options.Prerelease);
+        var allowInsignificantCommits = !(options.IgnoreInsignificantCommits || options.ExitInsignificantCommits);
+        var nextVersion = isInitialRelease
+            ? projects.Version
+            : versionIncrement.NextVersion(projects.Version, options.Prerelease, allowInsignificantCommits);
 
         if (!isInitialRelease && nextVersion == projects.Version)
         {