diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e5924ce5..df3089ad 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -14836,8 +14836,14 @@
     },
     "packages/branch-utilities": {
       "name": "@shiftcode/branch-utilities",
-      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "version": "4.1.0-pr181.3",
       "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "yargs": "^17.7.2"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "stage-override-to-pr-base": "dist/stage-override-to-pr-base.js"
+      },
       "engines": {
         "node": "^20.0.0 || ^22.0.0"
       },
@@ -14921,7 +14927,7 @@
     },
     "packages/publish-helper": {
       "name": "@shiftcode/publish-helper",
-      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "version": "4.1.0-pr181.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "conventional-changelog-angular": "^8.0.0",
@@ -14932,14 +14938,14 @@
         "publish-lib": "dist/publish-lib.js"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
-        "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^4.0.0",
+        "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^4.1.0-pr181.3",
         "@types/yargs": "^17.0.32"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": "^20.0.0 || ^22.0.0"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
-        "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^4.0.0 || ^4.0.0-pr45",
+        "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^4.1.0 || ^4.1.0-pr181",
         "lerna": "^8.1.6",
         "tslib": "^2.3.0"
       }
diff --git a/packages/branch-utilities/package.json b/packages/branch-utilities/package.json
index 90743636..a4563039 100644
--- a/packages/branch-utilities/package.json
+++ b/packages/branch-utilities/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@shiftcode/branch-utilities",
-  "version": "4.0.0",
+  "version": "4.1.0-pr181.3",
   "description": "Utilities for local and ci to get branch name and stage",
   "repository": "https://github.com/shiftcode/sc-commons-public",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
       "default": "./dist/index.js"
     }
   },
+  "bin": {
+    "stage-override-to-pr-base": "./dist/stage-override-to-pr-base.js"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "prebuild": "rm -rf ./dist",
     "build": "tsc",
@@ -28,6 +31,9 @@
     "test:ci": "npm run test",
     "test:watch": "npm run test -- --watch"
   },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "yargs": "^17.7.2"
+  },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "tslib": "^2.3.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/branch-utilities/src/scripts/index.ts b/packages/branch-utilities/src/scripts/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fe551fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/branch-utilities/src/scripts/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './stage-override-to-pr-base.function.js'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/branch-utilities/src/scripts/stage-override-to-pr-base.function.ts b/packages/branch-utilities/src/scripts/stage-override-to-pr-base.function.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4311b7f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/branch-utilities/src/scripts/stage-override-to-pr-base.function.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process'
+
+export interface StageOverrideToPrBaseOptions {
+  branchNameOverride?: string
+}
+
+export async function stageOverrideToPrBase(
+  options: StageOverrideToPrBaseOptions | Promise<StageOverrideToPrBaseOptions>,
+): Promise<string> {
+  const opts = await options
+
+  const gitHubPrJson = execSync('gh pr list --json headRefName,title,isDraft,closed', { encoding: 'utf8' }).trim()
+  const gitHubPrs = JSON.parse(gitHubPrJson)
+
+  const branchNameOverride = opts.branchNameOverride || process.env['GITHUB_BASE_REF']
+  const isPrOverride = !!gitHubPrs.find((pr: any) => pr.headRefName === branchNameOverride)
+
+  return `
+  export SC_OVERRIDE_BRANCH_NAME=${branchNameOverride}
+  export SC_OVERRIDE_IS_PR=${isPrOverride}
+  `
+}
diff --git a/packages/branch-utilities/src/stage-override-to-pr-base.ts b/packages/branch-utilities/src/stage-override-to-pr-base.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..347fef17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/branch-utilities/src/stage-override-to-pr-base.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+import yargs from 'yargs'
+import { stageOverrideToPrBase } from './scripts/index.js'
+
+const args = yargs(process.argv)
+  .option('branchNameOverride', {
+    alias: 'b',
+    type: 'string',
+    description: 'branch name override to be used as PR base',
+  }).argv
+
+try {
+  const responseMsg = await stageOverrideToPrBase(args)
+  console.info(responseMsg)
+}catch (err){
+  console.error(err)
+  process.exit(1)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/publish-helper/package.json b/packages/publish-helper/package.json
index b846663a..38289673 100644
--- a/packages/publish-helper/package.json
+++ b/packages/publish-helper/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@shiftcode/publish-helper",
-  "version": "4.0.0",
+  "version": "4.1.0-pr181.1",
   "description": "scripts for conventional (pre)releases",
   "repository": "https://github.com/shiftcode/sc-commons-public",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
     "yargs": "^17.7.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^4.0.0",
+    "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^4.1.0-pr181.3",
     "@types/yargs": "^17.0.32"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^4.0.0 || ^4.0.0-pr45",
+    "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^4.1.0 || ^4.1.0-pr181",
     "lerna": "^8.1.6",
     "tslib": "^2.3.0"
   },