diff --git a/src/GitVersion.App.Tests/ArgumentParserTests.cs b/src/GitVersion.App.Tests/ArgumentParserTests.cs
index 6569742bb3..c9d678043a 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.App.Tests/ArgumentParserTests.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.App.Tests/ArgumentParserTests.cs
@@ -533,6 +533,13 @@ private static IEnumerable<TestCaseData> OverrideConfigWithSingleOptionTestData(
                 UpdateBuildNumber = true
             }
         );
+        yield return new TestCaseData(
+            "strategies=[\"None\",\"Mainline\"]",
+            new GitVersionConfiguration
+            {
+                VersionStrategies = [VersionStrategies.None, VersionStrategies.Mainline]
+            }
+        );
     }
 
     [TestCaseSource(nameof(OverrideConfigWithMultipleOptionsTestData))]
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.App/OverrideConfigurationOptionParser.cs b/src/GitVersion.App/OverrideConfigurationOptionParser.cs
index 9b85428f71..1d4d6fa985 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.App/OverrideConfigurationOptionParser.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.App/OverrideConfigurationOptionParser.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using GitVersion.Configuration;
+using GitVersion.VersionCalculation;
 
 namespace GitVersion;
 
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ private static bool IsSupportedPropertyType(Type propertyType)
         return unwrappedType == typeof(string)
                || unwrappedType.IsEnum
                || unwrappedType == typeof(int)
-               || unwrappedType == typeof(bool);
+               || unwrappedType == typeof(bool)
+               || unwrappedType == typeof(VersionStrategies[]);
     }
 
     internal void SetValue(string key, string value) => overrideConfiguration[key] = QuotedStringHelpers.UnquoteText(value);
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Configuration/ConfigurationSerializer.cs b/src/GitVersion.Configuration/ConfigurationSerializer.cs
index df18446214..9d66d0012c 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Configuration/ConfigurationSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Configuration/ConfigurationSerializer.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ internal class ConfigurationSerializer : IConfigurationSerializer
 {
     private static IDeserializer Deserializer => new DeserializerBuilder()
         .WithNamingConvention(HyphenatedNamingConvention.Instance)
+        .WithTypeConverter(VersionStrategiesConverter.Instance)
         .WithTypeInspector(inspector => new JsonPropertyNameInspector(inspector))
         .Build();
 
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Configuration/VersionStrategiesConverter.cs b/src/GitVersion.Configuration/VersionStrategiesConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d790154cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Configuration/VersionStrategiesConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+using GitVersion.VersionCalculation;
+using YamlDotNet.Core;
+using YamlDotNet.Core.Events;
+using YamlDotNet.Serialization;
+using YamlDotNet.Serialization.NamingConventions;
+
+namespace GitVersion.Configuration;
+
+internal class VersionStrategiesConverter : IYamlTypeConverter
+{
+    public static readonly IYamlTypeConverter Instance = new VersionStrategiesConverter();
+
+    public bool Accepts(Type type) => type == typeof(VersionStrategies[]);
+
+    public object? ReadYaml(IParser parser, Type type, ObjectDeserializer rootDeserializer)
+    {
+        List<VersionStrategies> strategies = new();
+
+        if (parser.TryConsume<SequenceStart>(out var _))
+        {
+            while (!parser.TryConsume<SequenceEnd>(out var _))
+            {
+                string data = parser.Consume<Scalar>().Value;
+
+                var strategy = Enum.Parse<VersionStrategies>(data);
+                strategies.Add(strategy);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            string data = parser.Consume<Scalar>().Value;
+
+            var deserializer = new DeserializerBuilder()
+                .WithNamingConvention(UnderscoredNamingConvention.Instance)
+                .Build();
+
+            strategies = deserializer.Deserialize<List<VersionStrategies>>(data);
+        }
+
+        return strategies.ToArray();
+    }
+
+    public void WriteYaml(IEmitter emitter, object? value, Type type, ObjectSerializer serializer)
+    {
+        VersionStrategies[] strategies = (VersionStrategies[])value!;
+
+        var s = new SerializerBuilder()
+            .JsonCompatible()
+            .Build();
+        var data = s.Serialize(strategies);
+
+        emitter.Emit(new Scalar(data));
+    }
+}