diff --git a/release/tag_repos.sh b/release/tag_repos.sh
index 1bd7114f60..3f9e0c3416 100755
--- a/release/tag_repos.sh
+++ b/release/tag_repos.sh
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ script_name="$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 OWNER=${OWNER:-"kata-containers"}
 PROJECT="Kata Containers"
 PUSH="${PUSH:-"false"}"
-commit="master"
+branch="master"
 readonly URL_RAW_FILE="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${OWNER}"
 #The runtime version is used as reference of latest release
-readonly kata_version=$(curl -Ls "${URL_RAW_FILE}/runtime/${commit}/VERSION" | grep -v -P "^#")
+readonly kata_version=$(curl -Ls "${URL_RAW_FILE}/runtime/${branch}/VERSION" | grep -v -P "^#")
 
 source "${script_dir}/../scripts/lib.sh"
 
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ status : Get Current ${PROJECT} tags status
 tag    : Create tags for ${PROJECT}
 
 Options:
--h : Show this help
--p : push tags
+-b <branch>: branch were will check the version.
+-h         : Show this help
+-p         : push tags
 
 EOT
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ check_versions() {
 	info "Check all repos has version ${kata_version} in VERSION file"
 
 	for repo in "${repos[@]}"; do
-		repo_version=$(curl -Ls "${URL_RAW_FILE}/${repo}/${commit}/VERSION" | grep -v -P "^#")
+		repo_version=$(curl -Ls "${URL_RAW_FILE}/${repo}/${branch}/VERSION" | grep -v -P "^#")
 		info "${repo} is in $repo_version"
 		[ "${repo_version}" == "${kata_version}" ] || die "${repo} is not in version ${kata_version}"
 	done
@@ -130,8 +131,9 @@ create_github_release() {
 	fi
 }
 
-while getopts "hp" opt; do
+while getopts "b:hp" opt; do
 	case $opt in
+	b) branch="${OPTARG}" ;;
 	h) usage && exit 0 ;;
 	p) PUSH="true" ;;
 	esac
diff --git a/release/update-repository-version.sh b/release/update-repository-version.sh
index 056a0be2f6..599f7983fd 100755
--- a/release/update-repository-version.sh
+++ b/release/update-repository-version.sh
@@ -59,11 +59,13 @@ generate_commit() {
 }
 
 bump_repo() {
-	repo=$1
-	new_version=$2
+	local repo="${1:-}"
+	local new_version="${2:-}"
+	local target_branch="${3:-}"
 	[ -n "${repo}" ] || die "repository not provided"
-	[ -n "$new_version" ] || die "no new version"
-	remote_github="https://github.com/${organization}/${repo}.git"
+	[ -n "${new_version}" ] || die "no new version"
+	[ -n "${target_branch}" ] || die "no target branch"
+	local remote_github="https://github.com/${organization}/${repo}.git"
 	info "Update $repo to version $new_version"
 
 	info "remote: ${remote_github}"
@@ -88,7 +90,8 @@ EOT
 	info "Updating VERSION file"
 	echo "${new_version}" >VERSION
 	branch="${new_version}-branch-bump"
-	git checkout -b "${branch}" master
+	git fetch origin "${target_branch}"
+	git checkout "origin/${target_branch}" -b "${branch}"
 	git add -u
 	info "Creating commit with new changes"
 	commit_msg="$(generate_commit $new_version $current_version)"
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ EOT
 		${hub_bin} push fork -f "${branch}"
 		info "Create PR"
 		out=""
-		out=$("${hub_bin}" pull-request -F "${notes_file}" 2>&1) || echo "$out" | grep "A pull request already exists"
+		out=$("${hub_bin}" pull-request -b "${target_branch}" -F "${notes_file}" 2>&1) || echo "$out" | grep "A pull request already exists"
 	fi
 	popd >>/dev/null
 }
@@ -114,7 +117,8 @@ Usage:
 	${script_name} [options] <args>
 Args:
 	<repository-name> : Name of repository to fork and send PR from github.com/${organization}
-	<new-version>    : New version to bump the repository
+	<new-version>     : New version to bump the repository
+	<target-branch>   : The base branch to create to PR
 Example:
 	${script_name} 1.10
 Options
@@ -135,9 +139,11 @@ shift $((OPTIND - 1))
 
 repo=${1:-}
 new_version=${2:-}
+target_branch=${3:-}
 [ -n "${repo}" ] || (echo "ERROR: repository not provided" && usage 1)
-[ -n "$new_version" ] || (echo "ERROR: no new version" && usage 1)
+[ -n "${new_version}" ] || (echo "ERROR: no new version" && usage 1)
+[ -n "${target_branch}" ] || die "no target branch"
 
 pushd "$tmp_dir" >>/dev/null
-bump_repo "${repo}" "${new_version}"
+bump_repo "${repo}" "${new_version}" "${target_branch}"
 popd >>/dev/null
diff --git a/release/update-repository-version_test.sh b/release/update-repository-version_test.sh
index 594916dc47..199e942968 100755
--- a/release/update-repository-version_test.sh
+++ b/release/update-repository-version_test.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ output_should_contain "${out}" "Usage"
 OK
 
 echo "Missing version show help"
-out=$("${script_dir}/update-repository-version.sh" runtime 2>&1) || (($? != 0))
+out=$("${script_dir}/update-repository-version.sh" "runtime" 2>&1) || (($? != 0))
 echo "${out}" | grep Usage >>/dev/null
 echo "${out}" | grep "no new version" >>/dev/null
 OK
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ OK
 
 echo "Local update version update should work"
 new_version=50.0.0
-out=$("${script_dir}/update-repository-version.sh" runtime ${new_version} 2>&1)
+out=$("${script_dir}/update-repository-version.sh" "runtime" "${new_version}" "master" 2>&1)
 output_should_contain "${out}" "release: Kata Containers ${new_version}"
 OK