diff --git a/lerna-publish.sh b/lerna-publish.sh
index 896f91cdd59c7..2d6ce46994fd1 100755
--- a/lerna-publish.sh
+++ b/lerna-publish.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 . .gh-token
 
-BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
-if [[ "$BRANCH" != "master" ]]; then
-  echo 'Must be run from the master branch';
-  exit 1;
-fi
-
 BUMP=$1
 if [ "x$BUMP" == "x" ]; then
   BUMP=patch
 fi
-yarn lerna version --create-release=github --conventional-commits --exact $BUMP
+yarn lerna version --create-release=github --conventional-commits --force-publish --exact $BUMP
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index ab9ecd42a9b3b..f47a5b4940470 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
       "npmClientArgs": [
         "--frozen-lockfile"
       ]
+    },
+    "version": {
+      "allowBranch": [
+        "master",
+        "lts/*"
+      ]
     }
   }
 }