diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c712246..2150aee 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ commit_message = "{version}\n\nAutomatically generated by python-semantic-releas
 commit_parser = "angular"
 logging_use_named_masks = false
 major_on_zero = true
-allow_zero_version = true
+allow_zero_version = false
 no_git_verify = false
 tag_format = "v{version}"
 version_toml = [