diff --git a/plugins/version-file/README.md b/plugins/version-file/README.md
index 2043ad867..cebf246dd 100644
--- a/plugins/version-file/README.md
+++ b/plugins/version-file/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ yarn add -D @auto-it/version-file
 ## Options
 
 - versionFile (optional, default="VERSION"): Path to where the version is stored in the repository. It should be a file containing just the semver. 
-- releaseScript: (optional, default=None): Path to script that runs the publish actions in your repository. If not supplied nothing will be called. If supplied will be called during the `publish`,`canary` and `next` hooks. For the `publish` hook the first parameter passed to the script will be `release` to indicate that a regular release is being called. For `canary` and `next` hooks the first parameter will be `snapshot` to indicate a prerelease version. 
+- publishScript: (optional, default=None): Path to script that runs the publish actions in your repository. If not supplied nothing will be called. If supplied will be called during the `publish`,`canary` and `next` hooks with the arguments defined in `publishScriptReleaseTypeArgs` for that release type.
+- publishScriptReleaseTypeArgs: (optional, default=```{
+  "publish": ["release"],
+  "canary": ["snapshot"],
+  "next": ["snapshot"]
+}```): Mapping of arguments to pass to the `publishScript` for each release type (`publish`, `canary`, `next`)
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -34,6 +39,10 @@ yarn add -D @auto-it/version-file
 ```json
 {
   "plugins": [
-    "version-file", {"versionFile": "./tools/Version.txt", "releaseScript":"./tools/publish.sh"}
+    "version-file", {"versionFile": "./tools/Version.txt", "publishScript":"./tools/publish.sh", "publishScriptReleaseTypeArgs": {
+      "publish": ["release"], // (default)
+      "canary": ["snapshot"],
+      "next": ["some", "other", "args"],
+    }}
   ]
-}
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+}
diff --git a/plugins/version-file/__tests__/version-file.test.ts b/plugins/version-file/__tests__/version-file.test.ts
index 003bf83a4..6a4a07f06 100644
--- a/plugins/version-file/__tests__/version-file.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/version-file/__tests__/version-file.test.ts
@@ -302,4 +302,66 @@ describe("Test Release Types", () => {
     // Check the right version was written
     expect(fs.readFileSync("VERSION", "utf-8")).toStrictEqual("v2.0.0-next.0")
   });
-});
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+
+  test("Release type args can be provided to override default args for publish script", async () => {
+    const prefixRelease: (a: string) => string = (version: string) => {
+      return `v${version}`;
+    };
+
+    mockFs({
+      VERSION: `1.0.0`,
+    });
+     const plugin = new BazelPlugin({
+       publishScript: "./tools/release.sh",
+       publishScriptReleaseTypeArgs: {
+         publish: ["args", "for", "publish"],
+         canary: ["different", "canary"],
+         next: ["next"],
+       },
+     });
+    const hooks = makeHooks();
+
+    plugin.apply(({
+      hooks,
+      config: { prereleaseBranches: ["next"] },
+      remote: "origin",
+      baseBranch: "main",
+      logger: dummyLog(),
+      prefixRelease,
+      getCurrentVersion: () => "1.0.0",
+      git: {
+        getLastTagNotInBaseBranch: async () => undefined,
+        getLatestRelease: () => "1.0.0",
+        getLatestTagInBranch: () => Promise.resolve("1.0.0"),
+      },
+    } as unknown) as Auto);
+
+    
+    await hooks.publish.promise({ bump: SEMVER.major });
+
+    expect(execPromise).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "./tools/release.sh", [
+      "args", "for", "publish"
+    ]);
+
+    await hooks.canary.promise({
+      bump: SEMVER.minor,
+      canaryIdentifier: "canary.368.1",
+    });
+
+    expect(execPromise).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, "./tools/release.sh", [
+      "different",
+      "canary",
+    ]);
+
+    await hooks.next.promise(["1.0.0"], {
+      bump: SEMVER.major,
+      fullReleaseNotes: "",
+      releaseNotes: "",
+      commits: [],
+    });
+
+    expect(execPromise).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(5, "./tools/release.sh", [
+      "next",
+    ]);
+  })
+});
diff --git a/plugins/version-file/src/index.ts b/plugins/version-file/src/index.ts
index c436f22ba..853d67766 100644
--- a/plugins/version-file/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/version-file/src/index.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,28 @@ import { inc, ReleaseType } from "semver";
 const readFile = promisify(fs.readFile);
 const writeFile = promisify(fs.writeFile);
 
+interface ReleaseTypeArgs {
+  /** Args to use when invoking the publishScript during the publish hook */
+  publish: string[];
+  /** Args to use when invoking the publishScript during the canary hook */
+  canary: string[];
+  /** Args to use when invoking the publishScript during the next hook */
+  next: string[];
+}
 
 const pluginOptions = t.partial({
   /** Path to file (from where auto is executed) where the version is stored */
   versionFile: t.string,
 
   /** Optional script that executes release pipeline stages */
-  publishScript: t.string
+  publishScript: t.string,
+
+  /** Optional publish script args mapping for each release hook, defaults `publish` to ["release"] and the others to ["snapshot"] */
+  publishScriptReleaseTypeArgs: t.partial({
+    publish: t.array(t.string),
+    canary: t.array(t.string),
+    next: t.array(t.string),
+  })
 });
 
 export type IVersionFilePluginOptions = t.TypeOf<typeof pluginOptions>;
@@ -55,10 +70,19 @@ export default class VersionFilePlugin implements IPlugin {
   /** Release script location */
   readonly publishScript: string | undefined
 
+  /**  */
+  readonly publishScriptReleaseTypeArgs: ReleaseTypeArgs;
+
   /** Initialize the plugin with it's options */
   constructor(options: IVersionFilePluginOptions) {
     this.versionFile = options.versionFile ?? "VERSION";
-    this.publishScript = options.publishScript
+    this.publishScript = options.publishScript;
+    this.publishScriptReleaseTypeArgs = {
+      publish: ['release'],
+      canary: ['snapshot'],
+      next: ['snapshot'],
+      ...options.publishScriptReleaseTypeArgs ?? {}
+    };
   }
 
 
@@ -113,7 +137,7 @@ export default class VersionFilePlugin implements IPlugin {
       // Call release script if provided
       if(this.publishScript){
         auto.logger.log.info(`Calling release script in repo at ${this.publishScript}`);
-        await execPromise(this.publishScript, ["release"])
+        await execPromise(this.publishScript, this.publishScriptReleaseTypeArgs.publish)
       } else {
         auto.logger.log.info("Skipping calling release script in repo since none was provided");
       }
@@ -141,7 +165,7 @@ export default class VersionFilePlugin implements IPlugin {
       // Ship canary release if release script is provided
       if(this.publishScript){
         auto.logger.log.info(`Calling release script in repo at ${this.publishScript}`);
-        await execPromise(this.publishScript, ["snapshot"]);
+        await execPromise(this.publishScript, this.publishScriptReleaseTypeArgs.canary);
       } else {
         auto.logger.log.info("Skipping calling release script in repo since none was provided");
       }
@@ -188,7 +212,7 @@ export default class VersionFilePlugin implements IPlugin {
       // ship next release if release script is provided
       if(this.publishScript){
         auto.logger.log.info(`Calling release script in repo at ${this.publishScript}`);
-        await execPromise(this.publishScript, ["snapshot"]);
+        await execPromise(this.publishScript, this.publishScriptReleaseTypeArgs.next);
       } else {
         auto.logger.log.info("Skipping calling release script in repo since none was provided");
       }