diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 7b132ac..88f0ce9 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AArnott/Nerdbank.GitVersioning/master/src/NerdBank.GitVersioning/version.schema.json",
-  "version": "0.1"
+  "version": "0.1",
+  "publicReleaseRefSpec": [
+    "^refs/heads/master$", // we release out of master
+    "^refs/tags/v\\d+\\.\\d+" // we also release tags starting with vN.N
+  ],
 }
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