diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index dc3bfc6..b0fc818 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 	"require-dev": {
 		"phpunit/phpunit": "^5.7"
 	},
+    "extra": {
+		"branch-alias": {
+			"2.x-dev": "2.2.x-dev"
+		}
+	},
 	"autoload": {
 		"psr-4": {
 			"SilverStripe\\SQLite\\": "code/"