diff --git a/components/release-please-config.json b/components/release-please-config.json
index ab0d7107..de207f59 100644
--- a/components/release-please-config.json
+++ b/components/release-please-config.json
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
         }
     },
     "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+    "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
     "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
 }