diff --git a/.github/release-workflows.jsonnet b/.github/release-workflows.jsonnet
index 89c43cdd98d1..97f3d269ca8b 100644
--- a/.github/release-workflows.jsonnet
+++ b/.github/release-workflows.jsonnet
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ local imagePrefix = 'grafana';
       skipArm=true,
       skipValidation=true,
       useGitHubAppToken=true,
-      versioningStrategy='always-bump-major',
+      versioningStrategy='default',
     ) + {
       name: 'Prepare Major Release PR from main',
     }, false, false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/major-release-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/major-release-pr.yml
index 9ab96962abe8..f792f9d9811f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/major-release-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/major-release-pr.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ env:
   RELEASE_REPO: "grafana/loki"
   SKIP_VALIDATION: true
   USE_GITHUB_APP_TOKEN: true
-  VERSIONING_STRATEGY: "always-bump-major"
+  VERSIONING_STRATEGY: "default"
 jobs:
   check:
     uses: "grafana/loki-release/.github/workflows/check.yml@main"