diff --git a/.github/actions/bump-version/action.yaml b/.github/actions/bump-version/action.yaml
index 9a1e1f6..c00f502 100644
--- a/.github/actions/bump-version/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/bump-version/action.yaml
@@ -76,8 +76,18 @@ runs:
             BUMP_CMD="npm version prerelease --preid=dev --no-git-tag-version"
             ;;
           release*)
-            npm version prerelease --preid=rc-${BRANCH_SAFE} --no-git-tag-version
-            BUMP_CMD="npm version prerelease --preid=rc-${BRANCH_SAFE} --no-git-tag-version"
+            RELEASE_VERSION=""
+            if [[ "${BRANCH}" =~ ^release/v?([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)$ ]]; then
+              RELEASE_VERSION="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+            fi
+
+            if [[ -n "${RELEASE_VERSION}" ]]; then
+              npm version "${RELEASE_VERSION}-rc.0" --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version
+              BUMP_CMD="npm version prerelease --preid=rc --no-git-tag-version"
+            else
+              npm version prerelease --preid=rc-${BRANCH_SAFE} --no-git-tag-version
+              BUMP_CMD="npm version prerelease --preid=rc-${BRANCH_SAFE} --no-git-tag-version"
+            fi
             ;;
           *)
             npm version prerelease --preid=nightly-${BRANCH_SAFE} --no-git-tag-version