diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92de2ec..bd94354 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ All tasks default to bumping the minor version.
 
 # Extension Provided
     nebulaRelease {
-      Set<String> releaseBranchPatterns = [/master/, /HEAD/, /(release(-|\/))?\d+(\.\d+)?\.x/, /v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+/] as Set
+      Set<String> releaseBranchPatterns = [/master/, /HEAD/, /main/, /(release(-|\/))?\d+(\.\d+)?\.x/, /v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+/] as Set
       Set<String> excludeBranchPatterns = [] as Set
       String shortenedBranchPattern = /(?:(?:bugfix|feature|hotfix|release)(?:-|\/))?(.+)/
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ All tasks default to bumping the minor version.
 
 | Property                | Type          | Default                                                                   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | ----------------------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| releaseBranchPatterns   | `Set<String>` | `[master, HEAD, (release(-\|\/))?\d+(\.\d+)?\.x, v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+]` | Branch patterns that are acceptable to release from. The default pattern will match things like `master`, `1.2.x`, `release-42.x`, `release/2.x`, `v1.2.3`. If the set is empty releases will be possible from any branch that doesn't match `excludeBranchPatterns`. |
+| releaseBranchPatterns   | `Set<String>` | `[master, HEAD, main, (release(-\|\/))?\d+(\.\d+)?\.x, v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+]` | Branch patterns that are acceptable to release from. The default pattern will match things like `master`, `1.2.x`, `release-42.x`, `release/2.x`, `v1.2.3`. If the set is empty releases will be possible from any branch that doesn't match `excludeBranchPatterns`. |
 | excludeBranchPatterns   | `Set<String>` | `[]`                                                                      | Branch patterns that you cannot release from. If a branch matches both `releaseBranchPatterns` and `excludeBranchPatterns` it will be excluded.                                                                                                                       |
 | shortenedBranchPattern  | `String`      | `(?:(?:bugfix\|feature\|hotfix\|release)(?:-\|\/))?(.+)`                    | Branch `widget1` will append `widget1` to snapshot version numbers, and branch `(feature\|bugfix\|release\|hotfix)/widget2` will append `widget2` to snapshot version numbers. You may configure this field, the regex is expected to have exactly one capture group.    |
 
diff --git a/src/integTest/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/ReleasePluginIntegrationSpec.groovy b/src/integTest/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/ReleasePluginIntegrationSpec.groovy
index 386f32d..b0b173f 100644
--- a/src/integTest/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/ReleasePluginIntegrationSpec.groovy
+++ b/src/integTest/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/ReleasePluginIntegrationSpec.groovy
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class ReleasePluginIntegrationSpec extends GitVersioningIntegrationSpec {
 
         then:
         result.failure != null
-        outputContains(result, 'testexample does not match one of the included patterns: [master, HEAD, (release(-|/))?\\d+(\\.\\d+)?\\.x, v?\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+]')
+        outputContains(result, 'testexample does not match one of the included patterns: [master, HEAD, main, (release(-|/))?\\d+(\\.\\d+)?\\.x, v?\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+]')
     }
 
     def 'version includes branch name on devSnapshot of non release branch'() {
@@ -1240,6 +1240,18 @@ class ReleasePluginIntegrationSpec extends GitVersioningIntegrationSpec {
         ]
     }
 
+    def 'final release using main branch'() {
+        git.checkout(branch: 'main', createBranch: true)
+
+        when:
+        def result = runTasksSuccessfully('final')
+
+        then:
+        result.wasExecuted('final')
+        result.standardOutput.contains('Tagging repository as v0.1.0')
+        result.standardOutput.contains('Pushing changes in [v0.1.0] to origin')
+    }
+
     private void replaceDevWithImmutableSnapshot() {
         new File(buildFile.parentFile, "gradle.properties").text = """
 nebula.release.features.replaceDevWithImmutableSnapshot=true
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/ReleaseExtension.groovy b/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/ReleaseExtension.groovy
index 3d112b7..6dc7d95 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/ReleaseExtension.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/ReleaseExtension.groovy
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package nebula.plugin.release
 
 class ReleaseExtension {
-    Set<String> releaseBranchPatterns = [/master/, /HEAD/, /(release(-|\/))?\d+(\.\d+)?\.x/, /v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+/] as Set<String>
+    Set<String> releaseBranchPatterns = [/master/, /HEAD/, /main/, /(release(-|\/))?\d+(\.\d+)?\.x/, /v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+/] as Set<String>
     Set<String> excludeBranchPatterns = [] as Set<String>
 
     /**