diff --git a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
index 1e40e315..03870241 100644
--- a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
+++ b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ class SemanticReleasingExecutor {
     this.config = 'com/freeleaps/devops/builtins/semantic-release/releaserc.json'
   }
 
-  def release(credentialsId) {
+  def release(credentialsId, branch) {
     steps.log.warn("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Configuration file customization is not supported yet, using builtin release rules as fallback")
     steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Releasing with config: ${config}")
 
     steps.dir(steps.env.workroot) {
       steps.withCredentials([steps.usernamePassword(credentialsId: credentialsId, passwordVariable: 'GIT_PASSWORD', usernameVariable: 'GIT_USERNAME')]) {
         steps.env.GIT_CREDENTIALS = "${steps.env.GIT_USERNAME}:${steps.env.GIT_PASSWORD}"-
+        steps.env.GIT_BRANCH = branch
         steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Installing semantic-release requirements...")
         steps.sh "apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl wget gnupg"
         steps.writeFile file: '.releaserc.json', text: steps.libraryResource(config)
diff --git a/first-class-pipeline/vars/executeFreeleapsPipeline.groovy b/first-class-pipeline/vars/executeFreeleapsPipeline.groovy
index 066c61de..f610f386 100644
--- a/first-class-pipeline/vars/executeFreeleapsPipeline.groovy
+++ b/first-class-pipeline/vars/executeFreeleapsPipeline.groovy
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ def generateComponentStages(component, configurations) {
                     sourceFetcher.fetch(configurations)
 
                     def semanticReleasingExecutor = new SemanticReleasingExecutor(this, env.workroot)
-                    semanticReleasingExecutor.release(configurations.serviceGitCredentialsId)
+                    semanticReleasingExecutor.release(configurations.serviceGitCredentialsId, configurations.serviceGitBranch)
                   }
                 }
               }