diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba3a561..05fdeac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+* Added support for bumping to pre-release and release candidate versions with `release` task.
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/src/compas_invocations2/build.py b/src/compas_invocations2/build.py
index 2711e7c..62b448e 100644
--- a/src/compas_invocations2/build.py
+++ b/src/compas_invocations2/build.py
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ def clean(ctx, docs=True, bytecode=True, builds=True, ghuser=True):
             shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(ctx.base_folder, folder), ignore_errors=True)
 
 
-@invoke.task(help={"release_type": "Type of release follows semver rules. Must be one of: major, minor, patch."})
+@invoke.task(
+    help={"release_type": "Type of release follows semver rules. Must be one of: major, minor, patch, pre_l, pre_n."}
+)
 def release(ctx, release_type):
     """Releases the project in one swift command!"""
-    if release_type not in ("patch", "minor", "major"):
+    if release_type not in ("patch", "minor", "major", "pre_l", "pre_n"):
         raise invoke.Exit("The release type parameter is invalid.\nMust be one of: major, minor, patch.")
 
     # Run formatter