diff --git a/GitVersion.yml b/GitVersion.yml
index ad1bdae..af41166 100644
--- a/GitVersion.yml
+++ b/GitVersion.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ branches:
     regex: ^master$|^main$
     mode: ContinuousDelivery
     tag: ''
-    increment: None
+    increment: Minor
     prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
     track-merge-target: false
     source-branches: [ 'develop', 'release' ]
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ branches:
     regex: ^dev(elop)?(ment)?$
     mode: ContinuousDeployment
     tag: pre
-    increment: None
+    increment: Patch
     prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: false
     track-merge-target: true
     source-branches: []
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ branches:
 ignore:
   sha: []
 merge-message-formats: {}
+major-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(breaking|major)'
+minor-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(feature|minor)'
+patch-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(fix|patch)'
+commit-message-incrementing: Enabled