diff --git a/lerna-publish.sh b/lerna-publish.sh
index 896f91cdd59c7..c01bee96c899b 100755
--- a/lerna-publish.sh
+++ b/lerna-publish.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 . .gh-token
 
-BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
-if [[ "$BRANCH" != "master" ]]; then
-  echo 'Must be run from the master branch';
-  exit 1;
-fi
-
 BUMP=$1
 if [ "x$BUMP" == "x" ]; then
   BUMP=patch
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index fb66cf66e942f..d0a112c36ba06 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     "bootstrap": {
       "npmClient": "yarn",
       "npmClientArgs": ["--frozen-lockfile"]
+    },
+    "version": {
+      "allowBranch": ["master", "lts/*"]
     }
   },
   "$schema": "node_modules/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json"