diff --git a/src/plugins/ForwardMerger/forward_merger.ts b/src/plugins/ForwardMerger/forward_merger.ts
index 5165133..5fff956 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ForwardMerger/forward_merger.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ForwardMerger/forward_merger.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { OpsBotPlugin } from "../../plugin";
 import { PayloadRepository } from "../../types";
-import { isVersionedBranch, getVersionFromBranch } from "../../shared";
+import { isVersionedBranch, getVersionFromBranch, isVersionedUCXBranch } from "../../shared";
 import { basename } from "path";
 import { Context } from "probot";
 import { Octokit } from "@octokit/rest"
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class ForwardMerger extends OpsBotPlugin {
   async mergeForward(): Promise<void> {
     if (await this.pluginIsDisabled()) return;
 
-    if (!isVersionedBranch(this.currentBranch)) {
+    if (!isVersionedBranch(this.currentBranch) && !isVersionedUCXBranch(this.currentBranch)) {
       this.logger.info("Will not merge forward on non-versioned branch");
       return;
     }
diff --git a/src/shared.ts b/src/shared.ts
index 4ab0c04..8bd533a 100644
--- a/src/shared.ts
+++ b/src/shared.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ export const isVersionedBranch = (branchName: string): boolean => {
   return Boolean(branchName.match(versionedBranchExp));
 };
 
+/**
+ * Returns true if the provided string is a versioned branch that follows the ucxx/py versioning scheme
+ * (i.e. "branch-0.36", "branch-0.40", etc.)
+ * @param branchName
+ */
+export const isVersionedUCXBranch = (branchName: string): boolean => {
+  const regex = "/^branch-\d{1,2}\.\d\d$/";
+  return Boolean(branchName.match(regex));
+};
+
 /**
  * Returns the RAPIDS version from a versioned branch name
  */