diff --git a/lib/lifecycles/bump.js b/lib/lifecycles/bump.js
index ad5b2386b..003e749a8 100644
--- a/lib/lifecycles/bump.js
+++ b/lib/lifecycles/bump.js
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ function bumpVersion(releaseAs, currentVersion, args) {
           preset: presetOptions,
           path: args.path,
           tagPrefix: args.tagPrefix,
+          whatBump: args.whatBump,
           lernaPackage: args.lernaPackage,
         },
         args.parserOpts,