diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 39873c69..45622e70 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Nerdbank.GitVersioning" Version=" 2.1.65" PrivateAssets="all" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Nerdbank.GitVersioning" Version="3.3.37" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -153,4 +153,4 @@
       <Link>stylecop.json</Link>
     </AdditionalFiles>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 4a14585c..c7e244e8 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
   "publicReleaseRefSpec": [
     "^refs/heads/main$", // we release out of main
     "^refs/heads/dev$", // we release out of dev
-    "^refs/heads/rel/\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+" // we also release branches starting with rel/N.N.N
+    "^refs/heads/winui$", // we release out of winui
+    "^refs/heads/rel/\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+", // we also release branches starting with rel/N.N.N
+    "^refs/heads/rel/winui/\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+" // we also release branches starting with rel/winui/N.N.N
   ],
   "nugetPackageVersion":{
     "semVer": 2
@@ -12,5 +14,10 @@
     "buildNumber": {
       "enabled": false
     }
+  },
+  "release": {
+    "branchName" : "rel/{version}",
+    "versionIncrement" : "build",
+    "firstUnstableTag" : "preview"
   }
 }