title: Semantic-Release - pre-release version not incrementing for patch, minor or major version
body: <h1>Current behavior</h1>
  
  <p>This is a brand new project, so fresh versions etc.</p>
  
  <p>Currently have a pre-release branch called "next", release branch called "stable", all features all worked on in our "development" branch and they have the correct feat(test): this is a test commit messages.</p>
  
  <p>From the development branch we create a pull request into "next". Once we are happy with how it looks etc, we then merge our "development" branch into our "stable.</p>
  
  <p>First push for "next" creates a tag called v1.0.0-next.1.</p>
  
  <p>However, another feat commit doesnt increment the version to v1.1.0-next.1. It just creates v1.0.0-next.2.</p>
  
  <p>If I then make a pull request for our "development" branch into our "stable" release branch, it updates the versions correct as it should, for example v1.1.0 gets released.</p>
  
  <p>I have the following version set in my development branch package.json</p>
  
  <p>"version": "0.0.0-next",
  Also my version is not being incremented in package.json as it did when I was running it locally, for any of the branches.</p>
  
  <p>Expected behavior
  Expected behaviour would to have the pre-release version increment as per normal, also have my package.json update.</p>
  
  <h1>Package versions</h1>
  
  <p>semantic-release version:
  "@semantic-release": "^17.0.4",
  "@semantic-release/changelog": "^5.0.1",
  "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "^8.0.1",
  "@semantic-release/git": "^9.0.0",
  "@semantic-release/npm": "^7.0.5",
  "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^9.0.1",</p>
  
  <h1>CI environment:</h1>
  
  <p>CircleCI</p>
  
  <h1>Plugins used:</h1>
  
  <pre><code>{
  "branches": ["stable", {name: "next", prerelease: true}],
  "repositoryUrl": "https://x-token-auth:BB_TOKEN@bitbucket.org/{user}/{repo}.git",
  "ci": true,
  "plugins": [
  "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
  "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
  ["@semantic-release/changelog", {
  "changelogFile": "./README.md",
  }],
  "@semantic-release/npm",
  ["@semantic-release/git", {
  "assets": ["./README.md"],
  }],
  ]
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <h1>CI logs:</h1>
  
  <pre><code>
      !/bin/bash -eo pipefail
      npx semantic-release --debug
      [6:41:17 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ Running semantic-release version 17.0.4
      semantic-release:config load config from: /home/circleci/project/.releaserc +0ms
      semantic-release:config options values: {
      semantic-release:config branches: [ 'stable', { name: 'next', prerelease: true } ],
      semantic-release:config repositoryUrl: 'https://x-token-auth: {BB-TOKEN} @bitbucket.org/repo/ui_kit.git',
      semantic-release:config tagFormat: 'v${version}',
      semantic-release:config plugins: [
      semantic-release:config '@semantic-release/commit-analyzer',
      semantic-release:config '@semantic-release/release-notes-generator',
      semantic-release:config [ '@semantic-release/changelog', [Object] ],
      semantic-release:config '@semantic-release/npm',
      semantic-release:config [ '@semantic-release/git', [Object] ]
      semantic-release:config ],
      semantic-release:config ci: true,
      semantic-release:config _: [],
      semantic-release:config debug: true,
      semantic-release:config '$0': 'node_modules/.bin/semantic-release'
      semantic-release:config } +1ms
      semantic-release:plugins options for @semantic-release/changelog/verifyConditions: { changelogFile: './README.md' } +0ms
      [6:41:17 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Loaded plugin "verifyConditions" from "@semantic-release/changelog"
      semantic-release:plugins options for @semantic-release/npm/verifyConditions: {} +1ms
      [6:41:17 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Loaded plugin "verifyConditions" from "@semantic-release/npm"
      semantic-release:plugins options for @semantic-release/git/verifyConditions: { assets: [ './README.md' ] } +1ms
      [6:41:17 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Loaded plugin "verifyConditions" from "@semantic-release/git"
      semantic-release:plugins options for @semantic-release/commit-analyzer/analyzeCommits: {} +0ms
      [6:41:17 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Loaded plugin "analyzeCommits" from "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
      semantic-release:plugins options for @semantic-release/release-notes-generator/generateNotes: {} +0ms
      [6:41:17 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Loaded plugin "generateNotes" from "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
      semantic-release:plugins options for @semantic-release/changelog/prepare: { changelogFile: './README.md' } +1ms
      [6:41:17 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Loaded plugin "prepare" from "@semantic-release/changelog"
      semantic-release:plugins options for @semantic-release/npm/prepare: {} +0ms
      [6:41:17 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Loaded plugin "prepare" from "@semantic-release/npm"
      semantic-release:plugins options for @semantic-release/git/prepare: { assets: [ './README.md' ] } +0ms
      [6:41:17 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Loaded plugin "prepare" from "@semantic-release/git"
      semantic-release:plugins options for @semantic-release/npm/publish: {} +0ms
      [6:41:17 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Loaded plugin "publish" from "@semantic-release/npm"
      semantic-release:plugins options for @semantic-release/npm/addChannel: {} +1ms
      [6:41:17 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Loaded plugin "addChannel" from "@semantic-release/npm"
      semantic-release:get-tags found tags for branch stable: [] +0ms
      semantic-release:get-tags found tags for branch next: [ { gitTag: 'v1.0.0-next.1', version: '1.0.0-next.1', channels: [ 'next' ] } ] +12ms
      [6:41:20 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Run automated release from branch next on repository https://x-token-auth:{BB_TOKEN}@bitbucket.org/repol/ui_kit.git
      [6:41:20 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Allowed to push to the Git repository
      [6:41:20 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ Start step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/changelog"
      [6:41:20 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Completed step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/changelog"
      [6:41:20 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ Start step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/npm"
      [6:41:20 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/npm] › ℹ Verify authentication for registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
      [6:41:20 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/npm] › ℹ Reading npm config from /home/circleci/project/.npmrc
      monarc
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Completed step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/npm"
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ Start step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/git"
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Completed step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/git"
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ Found git tag v1.0.0-next.1 associated with version 1.0.0-next.1 on branch next
      semantic-release:get-commits Use from: 55f99bb238d96062ec73a9dadc2623a7afe8ad62 +0ms
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ Found 2 commits since last release
      semantic-release:get-commits Parsed commits: [ { commit: { long: '27c780e14a70bc1558a4e68f795963b6886e45a1', short: '27c780e' }, tree: { long: 'c60fdbf8b833a81ec2b7985094eb6c89b910daa4', short: 'c60fdbf' }, author: { name: ', email: '', date: 2020-04-02T06:40:27.000Z }, committer: { name: 'Dev Ops', email: '', date: 2020-04-02T06:40:27.000Z }, subject: 'Merged in development (pull request #139)', body: 'feat(semver3): next #3\n', hash: '27c780e14a70bc1558a4e68f795963b6886e45a1', committerDate: 2020-04-02T06:40:27.000Z, message: 'Merged in development (pull request #139)\n\nfeat(semver3): next #3', gitTags: '(HEAD -&gt; next, origin/next, master)' }, { commit: { long: '99f14f6759801f942a372000356da552f7427d78', short: '99f14f6' }, tree: { long: '5c6666840eec5cdfd21e8a2032933e7735544e30', short: '5c66668' }, author: { name:{name}, email: '', date: 2020-04-02T06:39:46.000Z }, committer: { name: {name}, email: ', date: 2020-04-02T06:39:46.000Z }, subject: 'feat(semver3): next #3', body: '', hash: '99f14f6759801f942a372000356da552f7427d78', committerDate: 2020-04-02T06:39:46.000Z, message: 'feat(semver3): next #3', gitTags: '(origin/development)' } ] +15ms
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ Start step "analyzeCommits" of plugin "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/commit-analyzer] › ℹ Analyzing commit: Merged in development (pull request #139)
  
      feat(semver3): next #3
      semantic-release:commit-analyzer Analyzing with default rules +0ms
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/commit-analyzer] › ℹ The commit should not trigger a release
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/commit-analyzer] › ℹ Analyzing commit: feat(semver3): next #3
      semantic-release:commit-analyzer Analyzing with default rules +1ms
      semantic-release:commit-analyzer The rule { type: 'feat', release: 'minor' } match commit with release type 'minor' +0ms
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/commit-analyzer] › ℹ The release type for the commit is minor
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/commit-analyzer] › ℹ Analysis of 2 commits complete: minor release
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Completed step "analyzeCommits" of plugin "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ The next release version is 1.0.0-next.2
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ Start step "generateNotes" of plugin "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator version: '1.0.0-next.2' +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator host: undefined +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator owner: 'monarc_dev' +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator repository: 'ui_kit' +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator previousTag: 'v1.0.0-next.1' +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator currentTag: 'v1.0.0-next.2' +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator host: 'https://bitbucket.org' +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator linkReferences: undefined +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator issue: 'issue' +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator commit: 'commits' +0ms
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Completed step "generateNotes" of plugin "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ Start step "prepare" of plugin "@semantic-release/changelog"
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/changelog] › ℹ Update /home/circleci/project/README.md
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Completed step "prepare" of plugin "@semantic-release/changelog"
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ Start step "prepare" of plugin "@semantic-release/npm"
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/npm] › ℹ Write version 1.0.0-next.2 to package.json in /home/circleci/project
      v1.0.0-next.2
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Completed step "prepare" of plugin "@semantic-release/npm"
      [6:41:21 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ Start step "prepare" of plugin "@semantic-release/git"
      [6:41:22 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/git] › ℹ Found 1 file(s) to commit
      semantic-release:git add file to git index {
      command: 'git add --force --ignore-errors README.md',
      exitCode: 0,
      stdout: '',
      stderr: '',
      all: undefined,
      failed: false,
      timedOut: false,
      isCanceled: false,
      killed: false
      } +0ms
      semantic-release:git commited files: [ 'README.md' ] +0ms
      [6:41:23 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/git] › ℹ Prepared Git release: v1.0.0-next.2
      [6:41:23 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Completed step "prepare" of plugin "@semantic-release/git"
      [6:41:23 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ Start step "generateNotes" of plugin "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator version: '1.0.0-next.2' +2s
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator host: undefined +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator owner: 'monarc_dev' +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator repository: 'ui_kit' +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator previousTag: 'v1.0.0-next.1' +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator currentTag: 'v1.0.0-next.2' +1ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator host: 'https://bitbucket.org' +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator linkReferences: undefined +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator issue: 'issue' +0ms
      semantic-release:release-notes-generator commit: 'commits' +0ms
      [6:41:23 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Completed step "generateNotes" of plugin "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
      [6:41:25 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Created tag v1.0.0-next.2
      [6:41:25 AM] [semantic-release] › ℹ Start step "publish" of plugin "@semantic-release/npm"
      [6:41:25 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/npm] › ℹ Publishing version 1.0.0-next.2 to npm registry on dist-tag next
      npm notice
      npm notice package @monarc-dev/react-toolkit@1.0.0-next.2
      npm notice === Tarball Contents ===
      npm notice 3.0kB package.json
      npm notice 8.8kB README.md
      npm notice === Tarball Details ===
      npm notice name: @monarc-dev/react-toolkit
      npm notice version: 1.0.0-next.2
      npm notice package size: 3.0 kB
      npm notice unpacked size: 11.8 kB
      npm notice shasum: 3abdccb17e58f8e116ffe1dcc6d6271592e4390c
      npm notice integrity: sha512-GOjVWbDMbPyTr[...]KoK2fsQsoPUHg==
      npm notice total files: 2
      npm notice
  
      @monarc-dev/react-toolkit@1.0.0-next.2
      [6:41:28 AM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/npm] › ℹ Published @monarc-dev/react-toolkit@1.0.0-next.2 to dist-tag @next on https://registry.npmjs.org/
      [6:41:28 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Completed step "publish" of plugin "@semantic-release/npm"
      [6:41:28 AM] [semantic-release] › ✔ Published release 1.0.0-next.2 on next channel
  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Things I've tried:</p>
  
  <p>Adding these options and running locally.</p>
  
  <pre><code>`ci: false`
  
  `dryRun: true`
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Ran <code>npx semantic-release</code> locally on my computer while have the beta branch checked out after having a commit that would increment the version. Still same issue, debug logs report a major version increase for example but still stays to the same 1.0.0-next.x, in this case should be 2.0.0-next.x.</p>
  
  <p>If anyone could assist that would be greatly appreciated :)</p>