diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.yml b/.github/workflows/version.yml
index 9f7e941589..237ee58312 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ jobs:
       run: sed -i '/20[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]/ s/]/-dev]/' configure.ac 
     - name: Create pull request
       uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4 
+      with:
+        base: main                   # creates a new branch off of main
+        branch: add-dev-post-release # name of the created branch
+        branch-suffix: timestamp     # add a timestamp to branch name
+        delete-branch: true          # delete afer merge