diff --git a/change/beachball-acb1a827-f8e4-47bf-81aa-624ddcbe35ed.json b/change/beachball-acb1a827-f8e4-47bf-81aa-624ddcbe35ed.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cd66546b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/beachball-acb1a827-f8e4-47bf-81aa-624ddcbe35ed.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "minor",
+  "comment": "Add release types for major and minor prereleases",
+  "packageName": "beachball",
+  "email": "kjell.knapen@craftzing.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/src/__tests__/changefile/changeTypes.test.ts b/src/__tests__/changefile/changeTypes.test.ts
index d8514c8be..33d382f75 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/changefile/changeTypes.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/changefile/changeTypes.test.ts
@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ describe('getMaxChangeType', () => {
   });
 
   it('returns none if all given change types are disallowed', () => {
-    const changeType = getMaxChangeType('patch', 'major', ['major', 'minor', 'patch', 'prerelease']);
+    const changeType = getMaxChangeType('patch', 'major', ['major', 'minor', 'patch', 'prerelease', 'premajor', 'preminor', 'prepatch']);
     expect(changeType).toBe('none');
   });
 
   it('returns next greatest change type if max is disallowed', () => {
-    const changeType = getMaxChangeType('patch', 'major', ['major']);
+    const changeType = getMaxChangeType('patch', 'major', ['major', 'premajor', 'preminor', 'prepatch']);
     expect(changeType).toBe('minor');
   });
 
   it('handles prerelease only case', () => {
-    const changeType = getMaxChangeType('patch', 'major', ['major', 'minor', 'patch']);
+    const changeType = getMaxChangeType('patch', 'major', ['major', 'minor', 'patch', 'premajor', 'preminor', 'prepatch']);
     expect(changeType).toBe('prerelease');
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/changefile/changeTypes.ts b/src/changefile/changeTypes.ts
index b45272d6f..c6ef9aaa6 100644
--- a/src/changefile/changeTypes.ts
+++ b/src/changefile/changeTypes.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { ChangeSet, ChangeType } from '../types/ChangeInfo';
 /**
  * List of all change types from least to most significant.
  */
-export const SortedChangeTypes: ChangeType[] = ['none', 'prerelease', 'patch', 'minor', 'major'];
+export const SortedChangeTypes: ChangeType[] = ['none', 'prerelease', 'prepatch', 'patch', 'preminor', 'minor', 'premajor', 'major'];
 
 /**
  * Change type with the smallest weight.
diff --git a/src/changelog/renderPackageChangelog.ts b/src/changelog/renderPackageChangelog.ts
index 04b8edbc1..94cd602dd 100644
--- a/src/changelog/renderPackageChangelog.ts
+++ b/src/changelog/renderPackageChangelog.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ import { ChangeType } from '../types/ChangeInfo';
 
 const groupNames: { [k in ChangeType]: string } = {
   major: 'Major changes',
+  premajor: 'Major changes (pre-release)',
   minor: 'Minor changes',
+  preminor: 'Minor changes (pre-release)',
   patch: 'Patches',
+  prepatch: 'Patches (pre-release)',
   prerelease: 'Changes',
   none: '', // not used
 };
diff --git a/src/types/ChangeInfo.ts b/src/types/ChangeInfo.ts
index 0cfc3dcda..372e095b1 100644
--- a/src/types/ChangeInfo.ts
+++ b/src/types/ChangeInfo.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export type ChangeType = 'prerelease' | 'patch' | 'minor' | 'major' | 'none';
+export type ChangeType = 'prerelease' | 'prepatch' |'patch' | 'preminor' |'minor' | 'premajor' |'major' | 'none';
 
 /**
  * Info saved in each change file.
diff --git a/src/validation/isValidDependentChangeType.ts b/src/validation/isValidDependentChangeType.ts
index db6b476a1..ceed1039d 100644
--- a/src/validation/isValidDependentChangeType.ts
+++ b/src/validation/isValidDependentChangeType.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function isValidDependentChangeType(
   const disallowedDependentChangeTypes = (disallowedChangeTypes || []).filter(t => t !== 'patch');
 
   return (
-    ['patch', 'major', 'minor', 'prerelease', 'none'].includes(dependentChangeType) &&
+    ['patch', 'major', 'minor', 'prerelease', 'prepatch', 'praminor', 'premajor', 'none'].includes(dependentChangeType) &&
     !disallowedDependentChangeTypes.includes(dependentChangeType)
   );
 }