diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_please.yml b/.github/workflows/release_please.yml
index 698a39b9..301a97e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_please.yml
@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
         git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+        git fetch origin
         git checkout master
-        git merge -m 'chore: merge dev to master'
+        git merge -m 'chore: merge dev to master' dev
         git push origin master
+        git checkout dev
     - name: Promote to dev
       run: |
         jq '.version = "${{ needs.release-please.outputs.version }}-dev"' package.json > package.json.tmp