diff --git a/GitVersion.yml b/GitVersion.yml
index caa3d6b..be27b2c 100644
--- a/GitVersion.yml
+++ b/GitVersion.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ branches:
     prevent-increment:
       when-current-commit-tagged: true
     source-branches: []
+  hotfix:
+    regex: hotfix[/-]
+    source-branches: [develop]
+    prevent-increment:
+      when-current-commit-tagged: true
+    is-release-branch: true
   pull-request:
     regex: (pull|pull\-requests|pr)[/-]
     label: 'pr'