diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-automated.yml b/.github/workflows/release-automated.yml
index 9fdf061f..35dae71b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-automated.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-automated.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: npx semantic-release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
       - name: Determine tag on current commit
         id: tag
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index df5df279..3e075254 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -363,6 +363,22 @@ If the commit reverts a previous commit, use the prefix `revert:`, followed by t
   This reverts commit 1234567890abcdef.
   ```
 
+⚠️ A `revert` prefix will *always* trigger a release. Generally, a commit that did not trigger a release when it was initially merged should also not trigger a release when it is reverted. For example, do not use the `revert` prefix when reverting a commit that has a `ci` prefix:
+
+  ```
+  ci: add something
+  ```
+  is reverted with:
+  ```
+  ci: remove something
+  ```
+  instead of:
+  ```
+  revert: ci: add something
+  
+  This reverts commit 1234567890abcdef.
+  ```
+
 ### Major Release / Long-Term-Support
 
 Long-Term-Support (LTS) is provided for the previous Parse Server major version. For example, Parse Server 4.x will receive security updates until Parse Server 5.x is superseded by Parse Server 6.x and becomes the new LTS version. While the current major version is published on branch `release`, a LTS version is published on branch `release-#.x.x`, for example `release-4.x.x` for the Parse Server 4.x LTS branch. 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a0856cd8..7b33778b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1991,6 +1991,66 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@protobufjs/utf8/-/utf8-1.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-p3c2C1s5oaLlEG+OhY8v0tBgxXA="
     },
+    "@saithodev/semantic-release-backmerge": {
+      "version": "2.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@saithodev/semantic-release-backmerge/-/semantic-release-backmerge-2.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fNd8cmijjFIMp4GcdTAcug/7tr4k+8bAyvSsbLOnfyKCWyq42lg14vFZOryLiyLUAe8gpPlI7XzDPWyFTR5zug==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "@semantic-release/error": "^2.2.0 || ^3.0.0",
+        "aggregate-error": "^3.1.0",
+        "debug": "^4.3.2",
+        "execa": "^5.1.1",
+        "lodash": "^4.17.21",
+        "semantic-release": ">=13.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "debug": {
+          "version": "4.3.4",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.3.4.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-PRWFHuSU3eDtQJPvnNY7Jcket1j0t5OuOsFzPPzsekD52Zl8qUfFIPEiswXqIvHWGVHOgX+7G/vCNNhehwxfkQ==",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "ms": "2.1.2"
+          }
+        },
+        "execa": {
+          "version": "5.1.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/execa/-/execa-5.1.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-8uSpZZocAZRBAPIEINJj3Lo9HyGitllczc27Eh5YYojjMFMn8yHMDMaUHE2Jqfq05D/wucwI4JGURyXt1vchyg==",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "cross-spawn": "^7.0.3",
+            "get-stream": "^6.0.0",
+            "human-signals": "^2.1.0",
+            "is-stream": "^2.0.0",
+            "merge-stream": "^2.0.0",
+            "npm-run-path": "^4.0.1",
+            "onetime": "^5.1.2",
+            "signal-exit": "^3.0.3",
+            "strip-final-newline": "^2.0.0"
+          }
+        },
+        "get-stream": {
+          "version": "6.0.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/get-stream/-/get-stream-6.0.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-ts6Wi+2j3jQjqi70w5AlN8DFnkSwC+MqmxEzdEALB2qXZYV3X/b1CTfgPLGJNMeAWxdPfU8FO1ms3NUfaHCPYg==",
+          "dev": true
+        },
+        "human-signals": {
+          "version": "2.1.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/human-signals/-/human-signals-2.1.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-B4FFZ6q/T2jhhksgkbEW3HBvWIfDW85snkQgawt07S7J5QXTk6BkNV+0yAeZrM5QpMAdYlocGoljn0sJ/WQkFw==",
+          "dev": true
+        },
+        "ms": {
+          "version": "2.1.2",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w==",
+          "dev": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "@samverschueren/stream-to-observable": {
       "version": "0.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@samverschueren/stream-to-observable/-/stream-to-observable-0.3.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index acbfa5c7..95a86994 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types": "7.9.0",
     "@babel/preset-env": "7.10.0",
     "@parse/minami": "1.0.0",
+    "@saithodev/semantic-release-backmerge": "2.1.2",
     "@semantic-release/changelog": "5.0.1",
     "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "8.0.1",
     "@semantic-release/git": "9.0.0",
diff --git a/release.config.js b/release.config.js
index 754fbd92..af2bd2c9 100644
--- a/release.config.js
+++ b/release.config.js
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ async function config() {
       ['@semantic-release/git', {
         assets: [changelogFile, 'package.json', 'package-lock.json', 'npm-shrinkwrap.json'],
       }],
+      [
+        "@saithodev/semantic-release-backmerge",
+        {
+          "branches": [
+            { from: "beta", to: "alpha" },
+            { from: "release", to: "beta" },
+            { from: "release", to: "alpha" },
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
       ['@semantic-release/github', {
         successComment: getReleaseComment(),
         labels: ['type:ci'],