diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
index d04c6c2af35394a821c857cf642b59a8298e760e..d5ad745143f4a55a3cb1231887c7a05c0df467c6 100644
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 // Workaround JS
 const isRelease = process.env.RELEASE_BUILD === 'true';
 
-const ONLY_ON_BRANCH = 'origin/master';
+const BRANCH = process.env.BRANCH;
 const VERSION_TAG = isRelease ? 'latest' : 'snapshot';
 const VERSION_INC = 'patch';
 
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ function validateEnv() {
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (process.env.GIT_BRANCH !== ONLY_ON_BRANCH) {
-        console.log(`not publishing on branch ${process.env.GIT_BRANCH}`);
-        return false;
-    }
-
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -121,13 +116,13 @@ function readPackageJson() {
 }
 
 function updatePackageJsonGit(version) {
-    exec.execSync(`git checkout master`);
+    exec.execSync(`git checkout ${BRANCH}`);
     const packageJson = readPackageJson();
     packageJson.version = version;
     writePackageJson(packageJson);
     exec.execSync(`git add package.json`);
     exec.execSync(`git commit -m"Update package.json version to ${version} [ci skip]"`);
-    exec.execSync(`git push deploy master`);
+    exec.execSync(`git push deploy ${BRANCH}`);
 }
 
 run();