diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9f5e6be9..d90741b2 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,19 @@ jobs:
           github --yes
       - run: yarn lerna publish from-git --yes
 
+  prerelease:
+    executor: linux-node
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - vault/get-secrets:
+          template-preset: 'semantic-release'
+      - yarn_install
+      - vault/configure-lerna
+      - run: echo '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}' > ~/.npmrc
+      - run: yarn build # This should not be needed, but without it it will not contain any files
+      - run: yarn lerna version --no-private --conventional-commits --conventional-prerelease
+      - run: yarn lerna publish from-git --yes
+
 workflows:
   version: 2
   # run on every commit
@@ -65,6 +78,14 @@ workflows:
           context: vault
       - unit-tests:
           context: vault
+      - prerelease:
+          context: vault
+          filters:
+            branches:
+              only: canary
+          requires:
+            - lint
+            - unit-tests
       - release:
           context: vault
           filters:
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 7df5b1e7..63e0bb46 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "version": "independent",
   "command": {
     "version": {
-      "allowBranch": "main",
+      "allowBranch": ["main", "canary"],
       "conventionalCommits": true,
       "message": "chore(release): updated release notes and package versions [ci skip]",
       "ignoreChanges": [