diff --git a/lib/plugin/GitBase.js b/lib/plugin/GitBase.js
index 0ac217ea..072772e1 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/GitBase.js
+++ b/lib/plugin/GitBase.js
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ class GitBase extends Plugin {
   async init() {
     this.remoteUrl = await this.getRemoteUrl();
     await this.fetch();
+    const branchName = await this.getBranchName();
+    this.setContext({ branchName });
     const repo = parseGitUrl(this.remoteUrl);
     const latestTag = await this.getLatestTagName(repo);
     const secondLatestTag = !this.config.isIncrement ? await this.getSecondLatestTagName(latestTag) : null;
     const tagTemplate = this.options.tagName || ((latestTag || '').match(/^v/) ? 'v${version}' : '${version}');
     this.setContext({ repo });
-    this.config.setContext({ tagTemplate, latestTag, secondLatestTag });
+    this.config.setContext({ tagTemplate, latestTag, secondLatestTag, branchName });
   }
 
   getName() {