diff --git a/commitizen/defaults.py b/commitizen/defaults.py
index e4363f4ab..5c70d3119 100644
--- a/commitizen/defaults.py
+++ b/commitizen/defaults.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class Settings(TypedDict, total=False):
     always_signoff: bool
     template: str | None
     extras: dict[str, Any]
+    branch_prerelease_map: dict[str, str]
 
 
 name: str = "cz_conventional_commits"
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ class Settings(TypedDict, total=False):
     "always_signoff": False,
     "template": None,  # default provided by plugin
     "extras": {},
+    "branch_prerelease_map": {}
 }
 
 MAJOR = "MAJOR"
diff --git a/commitizen/git.py b/commitizen/git.py
index 1f758889e..dcfaf345f 100644
--- a/commitizen/git.py
+++ b/commitizen/git.py
@@ -276,6 +276,13 @@ def smart_open(*args, **kargs):
     return open(*args, newline=get_eol_style().get_eol_for_open(), **kargs)
 
 
+def get_current_branch() -> str:
+    c = cmd.run("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD")
+    if c.return_code != 0:
+        raise GitCommandError(c.err)
+    return c.out.strip("\n")
+
+
 def _get_log_as_str_list(start: str | None, end: str, args: str) -> list[str]:
     """Get string representation of each log entry"""
     delimiter = "----------commit-delimiter----------"
diff --git a/commitizen/providers/scm_provider.py b/commitizen/providers/scm_provider.py
index 00df3e415..2e2f10c22 100644
--- a/commitizen/providers/scm_provider.py
+++ b/commitizen/providers/scm_provider.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import re
 from typing import Callable
 
-from commitizen.git import get_tags
+from commitizen.git import get_tags, get_current_branch
 from commitizen.providers.base_provider import VersionProvider
 from commitizen.version_schemes import (
     InvalidVersion,
@@ -79,6 +79,24 @@ def get_version(self) -> str:
         )
         if not matches:
             return "0.0.0"
+
+        branch_prerelease_map = self.config.settings.get("branch_prerelease_map")
+        current_branch = get_current_branch()
+
+        if branch_prerelease_map and current_branch in branch_prerelease_map:
+            release_type = branch_prerelease_map[current_branch]
+
+            if release_type:
+                prerelease_matches = [
+                    v for v in matches if v.is_prerelease and release_type in v.prerelease
+                ]
+                if prerelease_matches:
+                    return str(prerelease_matches[-1])
+            else:
+                stable_matches = [v for v in matches if not v.is_prerelease]
+                if stable_matches:
+                    return str(stable_matches[-1])
+
         return str(matches[-1])
 
     def set_version(self, version: str):
diff --git a/tests/providers/test_scm_provider.py b/tests/providers/test_scm_provider.py
index 01e7ab994..8a2b73527 100644
--- a/tests/providers/test_scm_provider.py
+++ b/tests/providers/test_scm_provider.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from commitizen.config.base_config import BaseConfig
+from commitizen.git import get_tags
 from commitizen.providers import get_provider
 from commitizen.providers.scm_provider import ScmProvider
 from tests.utils import (
@@ -113,3 +114,65 @@ def test_scm_provider_default_with_commits_and_tags(config: BaseConfig):
     merge_branch("master")
 
     assert provider.get_version() == "1.1.0rc0"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("tmp_git_project")
+def test_scm_provider_highest_tag_across_branches(config: BaseConfig):
+    from collections import Counter
+    config.settings["version_provider"] = "scm"
+    config.settings["tag_format"] = "$version"
+
+    # Providing branch_prerelease_map
+    config.settings["branch_prerelease_map"] = {
+        "develop": "b",
+        "staging": "rc",
+        "master": "",
+    }
+    provider = ScmProvider(config)
+
+    assert isinstance(provider, ScmProvider)
+
+    create_file_and_commit("Initial state")
+
+    # Add feature to develop
+    create_branch("develop")
+    switch_branch("develop")
+    create_file_and_commit("Initial state")
+    create_tag("0.1.0b0")
+
+    # Create staging branch and promote develop to staging
+    create_branch("staging")
+    switch_branch("staging")
+    merge_branch("develop")
+    create_tag("0.1.0rc0")
+
+    # Add another feature to develop
+    switch_branch("develop")
+    create_file_and_commit("develop: feature 2")
+    create_tag("0.2.0b0")
+
+    # Promote staging to master
+    switch_branch("master")
+    merge_branch("staging")
+    create_tag("0.1.0")
+
+    # Promote develop to staging
+    switch_branch("staging")
+    merge_branch("develop")
+    create_tag("0.2.0rc0")
+
+    # Check the version and tags on each branch
+    switch_branch("master")
+    master_tags = [x.name for x in get_tags(reachable_only=True)]
+    assert Counter(master_tags) == Counter(['0.1.0', '0.1.0b0', '0.1.0rc0'])
+    assert provider.get_version() == "0.1.0"
+
+    switch_branch("staging")
+    staging_tags = [x.name for x in get_tags(reachable_only=True)]
+    assert Counter(staging_tags) == Counter(['0.1.0', '0.1.0b0', '0.1.0rc0', '0.2.0b0', '0.2.0rc0'])
+    assert provider.get_version() == "0.2.0rc0"
+
+    switch_branch("develop")
+    develop_tags = [x.name for x in get_tags(reachable_only=True)]
+    assert Counter(develop_tags) == Counter(['0.1.0', '0.1.0b0', '0.1.0rc0', '0.2.0b0', '0.2.0rc0'])
+    assert provider.get_version() == "0.2.0b0"
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 971ff9182..917049410 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def get_current_branch() -> str:
     c = cmd.run("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD")
     if c.return_code != 0:
         raise exceptions.GitCommandError(c.err)
-    return c.out
+    return c.out.strip("\n")
 
 
 def create_tag(tag: str, message: str | None = None) -> None: