diff --git a/RoboFile.php b/RoboFile.php
index 8d251aec3d..a19af23416 100644
--- a/RoboFile.php
+++ b/RoboFile.php
@@ -953,6 +953,7 @@ class RoboFile extends \Robo\Tasks {
   protected function getReleaseVersionController() {
     return new \MailPoetTasks\Release\ReleaseVersionController(
       $this->createJiraController(),
+      $this->createGitHubController(),
       \MailPoetTasks\Release\JiraController::PROJECT_MAILPOET
     );
   }
diff --git a/tasks/release/GitHubController.php b/tasks/release/GitHubController.php
index 35b7d2f3f6..72cbf48c51 100644
--- a/tasks/release/GitHubController.php
+++ b/tasks/release/GitHubController.php
@@ -16,21 +16,22 @@ class GitHubController {
 
   const QA_GITHUB_LOGIN = 'veljkho';
 
+  private const API_BASE_URI = 'https://api.github.com/repos/mailpoet';
+
   /** @var string */
   private $zipFilename;
 
-  /** @var HttpClient */
+  /** @var Client */
   private $httpClient;
 
   public function __construct($username, $token, $project) {
     $this->zipFilename = $project === self::PROJECT_MAILPOET ? self::FREE_ZIP_FILENAME : self::PREMIUM_ZIP_FILENAME;
-    $githubPath = $project === self::PROJECT_MAILPOET ? 'mailpoet' : 'mailpoet-premium';
     $this->httpClient = new Client([
       'auth' => [$username, $token],
       'headers' => [
         'Accept' => 'application/vnd.github.v3+json',
       ],
-      'base_uri' => "https://api.github.com/repos/mailpoet/$githubPath/",
+      'base_uri' => self::API_BASE_URI . "/{$this->getGithubPathByProject($project)}/",
     ]);
   }
 
@@ -145,6 +146,22 @@ class GitHubController {
     return $data['sha'];
   }
 
+  public function projectBranchExists(string $project, string $branch): bool {
+    $githubProject = $this->getGithubPathByProject($project);
+    $branch = urlencode($branch);
+    try {
+      $this->httpClient->get(
+        self::API_BASE_URI . "/{$githubProject}/git/ref/heads/{$branch}"
+      );
+    } catch (ClientException $e) {
+      if ($e->getCode() === 404) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      throw $e;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
   private function ensureNoDraftReleaseExists() {
     $response = $this->httpClient->get('releases');
     $data = json_decode($response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
@@ -201,4 +218,8 @@ class GitHubController {
       ],
     ]);
   }
+
+  private function getGithubPathByProject(string $project): string {
+    return urlencode($project === self::PROJECT_MAILPOET ? 'mailpoet' : 'mailpoet-premium');
+  }
 }
diff --git a/tasks/release/JiraController.php b/tasks/release/JiraController.php
index 58faf22480..341bf3df1e 100644
--- a/tasks/release/JiraController.php
+++ b/tasks/release/JiraController.php
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ class JiraController {
     return reset($version['values']);
   }
 
-  public function getLastReleasedVersion() {
-    $response = $this->httpClient->get("project/$this->project/version", [
+  public function getLastReleasedVersion(?string $project = null) {
+    $project = $project ?: $this->project;
+    $response = $this->httpClient->get("project/$project/version", [
       'query' => [
         'maxResults' => 1,
         'orderBy' => '-sequence',
diff --git a/tasks/release/ReleaseVersionController.php b/tasks/release/ReleaseVersionController.php
index 2741be6858..bcbbead846 100644
--- a/tasks/release/ReleaseVersionController.php
+++ b/tasks/release/ReleaseVersionController.php
@@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ class ReleaseVersionController {
   /** @var JiraController */
   private $jira;
 
+  /** @var GitHubController */
+  private $github;
+
   /** @var string */
   private $project;
 
-  public function __construct(JiraController $jira, $project) {
+  public function __construct(JiraController $jira, GitHubController $github, $project) {
     $this->jira = $jira;
+    $this->github = $github;
     $this->project = $project;
   }
 
@@ -35,39 +39,25 @@ class ReleaseVersionController {
   public function determineNextVersion() {
     $lastVersion = $this->jira->getLastReleasedVersion();
 
-    $partToIncrement = VersionHelper::PATCH;
+    $partToIncrement = VersionHelper::MINOR;
 
     if ($this->project === JiraController::PROJECT_MAILPOET) {
-      $freeIncrement = $this->checkProjectVersionIncrement(JiraController::PROJECT_MAILPOET);
-      $premiumIncrement = $this->checkProjectVersionIncrement(JiraController::PROJECT_PREMIUM);
+      $isPremiumReleased = $this->github->projectBranchExists(
+        JiraController::PROJECT_PREMIUM,
+        GitHubController::RELEASE_SOURCE_BRANCH
+      );
 
-      if (in_array(VersionHelper::MINOR, [$freeIncrement, $premiumIncrement])) {
-        $partToIncrement = VersionHelper::MINOR;
+      if (!$isPremiumReleased) {
+        $partToIncrement = VersionHelper::PATCH;
       }
+    } elseif ($this->project === JiraController::PROJECT_PREMIUM) {
+      $lastVersion = $this->jira->getLastReleasedVersion(JiraController::PROJECT_MAILPOET);
     }
 
     $nextVersion = VersionHelper::incrementVersion($lastVersion['name'], $partToIncrement);
     return $nextVersion;
   }
 
-  private function checkProjectVersionIncrement($project) {
-    $issues = $this->getUnreleasedDoneIssues($project);
-
-    $partToIncrement = VersionHelper::PATCH;
-    $fieldId = JiraController::VERSION_INCREMENT_FIELD_ID;
-
-    foreach ($issues as $issue) {
-      if (!empty($issue['fields'][$fieldId]['value'])
-        && $issue['fields'][$fieldId]['value'] === VersionHelper::MINOR
-      ) {
-        $partToIncrement = VersionHelper::MINOR;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-
-    return $partToIncrement;
-  }
-
   private function getUnreleasedDoneIssues($project = null) {
     $project = $project ?: $this->project;
     $jql = "project = $project AND status = Done AND (fixVersion = EMPTY OR fixVersion IN unreleasedVersions()) AND updated >= -52w";