diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3fc32a2..1794433 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ or even shorter if default settings are used:
 | `src`           | Documentation directory                                 | `docs`<br/><br/>**NOTE** don't forget to run docs builder (`yarn docs`, `yarn typedoc`, etc) as a part of your build step or any other way|
 | `dst`           | Destination directory                                   | `.` (root) |
 | `branch`        | Docs branch to push                                     | `gh-pages` |
+| `branches`      | Optional list of src-to-target branches association. If defined it suppresses `branch` option. For example, `[['master', 'gh-pages'], ['beta', beta-docs]]`             | undefined |
 | `repositoryUrl` | Repository url                                          | inherited from .git |
 | `enterprise`    | Disables host assertion for GitHub Enterprise domains   | false      |
 | `pullTagsBranch`| Target branch for tags fetching hook. If '' empty string, skips this action | `globalConfig.branch` \|\| `master` |
-| `dotfiles`| gh-pages [dotfiles](https://github.com/tschaub/gh-pages#optionsdotfiles) option | `false` |
-| `add`| gh-pages [add](https://github.com/tschaub/gh-pages#optionsadd) option | `false` |
+| `dotfiles`      | gh-pages [dotfiles](https://github.com/tschaub/gh-pages#optionsdotfiles) option | `false` |
+| `add`           | gh-pages [add](https://github.com/tschaub/gh-pages#optionsadd) option | `false` |
diff --git a/src/main/ts/config.ts b/src/main/ts/config.ts
index ee19284..ffb94aa 100644
--- a/src/main/ts/config.ts
+++ b/src/main/ts/config.ts
@@ -126,28 +126,42 @@ export const reassembleRepoUrl = (redirectedUrl: string, context: TContext): str
  */
 export const resolveConfig = async (pluginConfig: TAnyMap, context: TContext, path = PLUGIN_PATH, step?: string): Promise<IGhpagesPluginConfig> => {
   const opts = resolveOptions(pluginConfig, context, path, step)
+  const {
+    branches,
+    branch = DEFAULT_BRANCH,
+    msg = DEFAULT_MSG,
+    src = DEFAULT_SRC,
+    dst = DEFAULT_DST,
+    add,
+    dotfiles
+  } = opts
   const enterprise = Boolean(opts.enterprise || pluginConfig.enterprise || DEFAULT_ENTERPRISE)
   const repo = await getRepoUrl(pluginConfig, context, enterprise)
-  const pullTagsBranch = anyDefined(opts.pullTagsBranch, opts._branch, DEFAULT_PULL_TAGS_BRANCH)
+  const ciBranch = context?.branch?.name as string
+  const docsBranch = branches ? branches.find(([from]: string[]) => from === ciBranch)?.[1] : branch
+  const pullTagsBranch = anyDefined(opts.pullTagsBranch, ciBranch, opts._branch, DEFAULT_PULL_TAGS_BRANCH)
   const token = getToken(context.env, repo)
 
   debug('resolveConfig args:')
   debug('pluginConfig= %j', pluginConfig)
   debug('path= %s', path)
   debug('step= %s', step)
+  debug('ciBranch= %s', ciBranch)
+  debug('docsBranch= %s', docsBranch)
   debug('pullTagsBranch= %s', pullTagsBranch)
 
   return {
-    src: opts.src || DEFAULT_SRC,
-    dst: opts.dst || DEFAULT_DST,
-    msg: opts.msg || DEFAULT_MSG,
-    branch: opts.branch || DEFAULT_BRANCH,
+    src,
+    dst,
+    msg,
+    ciBranch,
+    pullTagsBranch,
+    docsBranch,
     enterprise,
     repo,
     token,
-    pullTagsBranch,
-    add: opts.add,
-    dotfiles: opts.dotfiles,
+    add,
+    dotfiles,
   }
 }
 
@@ -156,7 +170,7 @@ export const resolveConfig = async (pluginConfig: TAnyMap, context: TContext, pa
  */
 export const resolveOptions = (pluginConfig: TAnyMap, context: TContext, path = PLUGIN_PATH, step?: string): TAnyMap => {
   const { options } = context
-  const base = omit(pluginConfig, 'branch')
+  const base = omit(pluginConfig, 'branch', 'branches')
   const extra = step && options[step] && castArray(options[step])
     .map(config => {
       if (Array.isArray(config)) {
diff --git a/src/main/ts/ghpages.ts b/src/main/ts/ghpages.ts
index f04b78c..bc97ac7 100644
--- a/src/main/ts/ghpages.ts
+++ b/src/main/ts/ghpages.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export const pushPages = (opts: IPushOpts) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
   const { src, logger } = opts
   const ghpagesOpts: PublishOptions = {
     repo: opts.repo,
-    branch: opts.branch,
+    branch: opts.docsBranch,
     dest: opts.dst,
     message: opts.message,
     add: opts.add,
diff --git a/src/main/ts/index.ts b/src/main/ts/index.ts
index 5e8a54e..36e6470 100644
--- a/src/main/ts/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/ts/index.ts
@@ -17,19 +17,26 @@ let _config: any
 export const verifyConditions = async (pluginConfig: any, context: TContext) => {
   const { logger } = context
   const config = await resolveConfig(pluginConfig, context, undefined, 'publish')
+  const { token, repo, src, ciBranch, docsBranch } = config
+
+  if (!docsBranch) {
+    logger.log(`gh-pages [skipped]: 'docsBranch' is empty for ${ciBranch}`)
+    return
+  }
 
   logger.log('verify gh-pages config')
 
-  if (!config.token) {
+
+  if (!token) {
     throw new AggregateError(['env.GH_TOKEN is required by gh-pages plugin'])
   }
 
-  if (!config.repo) {
+  if (!repo) {
     throw new AggregateError(['package.json repository.url does not match github.com pattern'])
   }
 
-  if (!fs.existsSync(config.src) || !fs.lstatSync(config.src).isDirectory()) {
-    logger.error('Resolved docs src path=', path.resolve(config.src))
+  if (!fs.existsSync(src) || !fs.lstatSync(src).isDirectory()) {
+    logger.error('Resolved docs src path=', path.resolve(src))
     throw new AggregateError(['docs source directory does not exist'])
   }
 
@@ -41,7 +48,8 @@ export const verifyConditions = async (pluginConfig: any, context: TContext) =>
 export const publish = async (pluginConfig: any, context: TContext) => {
   const config = await resolveConfig(pluginConfig, context, undefined, 'publish')
   const { logger, env, cwd } = context
-  const message = render(config.msg, context, logger)
+  const { msg, docsBranch, ciBranch } = config
+  const message = render(msg, context, logger)
   const pushOpts: IPushOpts = {
     ...config,
     message,
@@ -50,6 +58,11 @@ export const publish = async (pluginConfig: any, context: TContext) => {
     cwd
   }
 
+  if (!docsBranch) {
+    logger.log(`gh-pages [skipped]: 'docsBranch' is empty for ${ciBranch}`)
+    return
+  }
+
   if (!isEqual(_config, config)) {
     await verifyConditions(pluginConfig, context)
   }
diff --git a/src/main/ts/interface.ts b/src/main/ts/interface.ts
index 78447b9..f87bedc 100644
--- a/src/main/ts/interface.ts
+++ b/src/main/ts/interface.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /** @module semantic-release-gh-pages-plugin */
 
-import { Context } from 'semantic-release'
+import { BranchSpec, Context } from 'semantic-release'
 
 
 export interface ILogger {
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export type TStringMap = {
 
 export type TContext = Context & {
   env: TStringMap,
+  branch?: Exclude<BranchSpec, string>
   cwd: string,
   options: TAnyMap & {
     publish?: Array<any>,
@@ -28,12 +29,13 @@ export type TContext = Context & {
 export interface IGhpagesPluginConfig {
   src: string,
   dst: string,
-  branch: string,
+  ciBranch: string,
+  docsBranch: string,
+  pullTagsBranch?: string
   msg: string,
   repo: string,
   token?: string,
   enterprise?: boolean,
-  pullTagsBranch?: string
   dotfiles?: boolean
   add?: boolean
 }
diff --git a/src/test/ts/config.ts b/src/test/ts/config.ts
index 5089a25..6273b34 100644
--- a/src/test/ts/config.ts
+++ b/src/test/ts/config.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import {
   getUrlFromPackage,
   PLUGIN_PATH,
   resolveConfig,
-  resolveOptions} from '../../main/ts/config'
+  resolveOptions,
+} from '../../main/ts/config'
 import { TAnyMap, TContext } from '../../main/ts/interface'
 
 describe('config', () => {
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
         src: 'docsdocs',
         dst: 'root',
         enterprise: true,
-        branch: DEFAULT_BRANCH,
+        docsBranch: DEFAULT_BRANCH,
         msg: 'doc update',
         token,
         repo: `https://${token}@enterprise.com/org/repo.git`,
@@ -135,6 +136,53 @@ describe('config', () => {
       })
     })
 
+    it('overrides `docBranch` with `branches` value if defined', async () => {
+      const step = 'publish'
+      const path = PLUGIN_PATH
+      const token = 'token'
+      const pluginConfig = {
+        foo: 'bar',
+        baz: 'qux',
+        msg: 'doc update',
+        branch: 'master',             // NOTE will be omitted,
+        branches: ['master', 'beta'], // NOTE will be omitted,
+        repositoryUrl: 'https://enterprise.com/org/repo.git'
+      }
+      const extra = {
+        enterprise: true,
+        src: 'docsdocs',
+        dst: 'root',
+        branch: 'aaa',
+        branches: [['foo', 'bar'], ['baz', 'qux']],
+      }
+      const context = {
+        logger,
+        options: {
+          ...globalConfig,
+          [step]: [
+            { path, foo: 'BAR', ...extra }
+          ]
+        },
+        cwd,
+        branch: { name: 'foo' },
+        env: { GH_TOKEN: token }
+      }
+
+      const config = await resolveConfig(pluginConfig, context, path, step)
+
+      expect(config).toEqual({
+        src: 'docsdocs',
+        dst: 'root',
+        enterprise: true,
+        ciBranch: 'foo',
+        docsBranch: 'bar',
+        msg: 'doc update',
+        token,
+        repo: `https://${token}@enterprise.com/org/repo.git`,
+        pullTagsBranch: 'foo'
+      })
+    })
+
     it('fills empty values with defaults', async () => {
       const step = 'publish'
       const path = PLUGIN_PATH
@@ -159,7 +207,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
       delete process.env.DEBUG
 
       expect(config).toEqual({
-        branch: DEFAULT_BRANCH,
+        docsBranch: DEFAULT_BRANCH,
         dst: DEFAULT_DST,
         enterprise: DEFAULT_ENTERPRISE,
         msg: DEFAULT_MSG,
@@ -186,6 +234,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
         logger,
         cwd,
         env: {},
+        branch: {name: 'master'},
         options: {
           branch: 'master',
           branches: [],
@@ -232,7 +281,8 @@ describe('config', () => {
       const config = await resolveConfig(pluginConfig, context, path, step)
 
       expect(config).toEqual({
-        branch: DEFAULT_BRANCH,
+        docsBranch: DEFAULT_BRANCH,
+        ciBranch: 'master',
         dst: DEFAULT_DST,
         enterprise: true,
         msg: DEFAULT_MSG,
diff --git a/src/test/ts/ghpages.ts b/src/test/ts/ghpages.ts
index a7f9d16..29ae92a 100644
--- a/src/test/ts/ghpages.ts
+++ b/src/test/ts/ghpages.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ describe('ghpages', () => {
     cwd: 'stub',
     src: 'stub',
     dst: 'stub',
-    branch: 'stub',
+    ciBranch: 'stub',
+    docsBranch: 'stub',
     msg: 'stub'
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/ts/index.ts b/src/test/ts/index.ts
index 685fdce..1d55675 100644
--- a/src/test/ts/index.ts
+++ b/src/test/ts/index.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe('index', () => {
       const result = await verifyConditions(pluginConfig, context)
 
       expect(pluginConfig).toEqual({
-        branch: DEFAULT_BRANCH,
+        docsBranch: DEFAULT_BRANCH,
         msg: DEFAULT_MSG,
         dst: DEFAULT_DST,
         src: DEFAULT_SRC,