diff --git a/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.cmake b/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.cmake
index 9a2ede778..44c44f7f9 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.cmake
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if(NOT DEFINED CVS_COMMAND)
   set(CVS_COMMAND cvs)
 endif(NOT DEFINED CVS_COMMAND)
 
-if(${GIT_CREATE_VERSION} MATCHES "^(release|maint)$")
+if(${GIT_CREATE_VERSION} MATCHES "^(release|maint|next)$")
   set(GIT_BRANCH origin/${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION})
 else()
   set(GIT_BRANCH ${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION})