diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-package.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-package.yml
index 62b680450..c45300a58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-package.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   validate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -58,10 +59,10 @@ jobs:
         run: dotnet tool install --global GitVersion.Tool --version 6.0.5
 
       - name: Show GitVersion config
-        run: dotnet-gitversion /showconfig /config src/gitversion.yml
+        run: dotnet-gitversion -showconfig -config src/gitversion.yml
 
       - name: Show GitVersion config (with Json output)
-        run: dotnet-gitversion /output json /l console /config src/gitversion.yml
+        run: dotnet-gitversion -output json -l console -config src/gitversion.yml
 
       - name: Validate preview settings
         run: |
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
   package:
     needs: validate
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
     outputs:
       version: ${{ steps.version_info.outputs.version }}
       url: ${{ steps.package_info.outputs.url }}
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
         id: gitversion
         run: |
           # Execute GitVersion and capture JSON output
-          gitversion /output json /config src/gitversion.yml > gitversion.json
+          gitversion -output json -config src/gitversion.yml > gitversion.json
           # Extract desired outputs
           version=$(jq -r '.SemVer' gitversion.json)
           prerelease_tag=$(jq -r '.PreReleaseTag' gitversion.json)
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a517802a1..d826d2bfb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -332,3 +332,6 @@ _site/
 
 # zip artifacts
 .DS_Store
+
+# suppress dotnet tool manifest config (local) [for GitVersion]
+.config
diff --git a/src/gitversion.yml b/src/gitversion.yml
index 34f1fb536..7d73c4d46 100644
--- a/src/gitversion.yml
+++ b/src/gitversion.yml
@@ -16,16 +16,14 @@ branches:
     is-main-branch: true
     label: ""
 
-  vNext:
-    regex: v[0-9].*
+  release:
+    regex: ^v[0-9]+\.*
     increment: Patch
     source-branches: [main]
-    tag: "preview."
+    label: "preview."
 
   unknown:
-    increment: Patch
-    source-branches: [main,vNext]
-    tag: "preview."
+    label: "preview."
 
 ignore:
   sha: []