diff --git a/packages/client/src/speculativeBranchSelection.test.ts b/packages/client/src/speculativeBranchSelection.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf189b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/src/speculativeBranchSelection.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import {findSpeculativeBaseBranch} from "./speculativeBranchSelection"
+
+describe("speculativeBranchSelection", () => {
+  describe("findSpeculativeBaseBranch", () => {
+    it("should return first matching branch", () => {
+      const branches = ["master", "develop", "foobar"];
+
+      expect(findSpeculativeBaseBranch("develop", branches)).toBe("develop")
+    });
+
+    it("should match branch pattern", () => {
+      const branches = ["master", "/v\d+-maintenance/"];
+
+      expect(findSpeculativeBaseBranch("v1-maintenance", branches)).toBe("v1-maintenance")
+    });
+
+    it("should return first configured branch by default", () => {
+      const branches = ["master", "develop"];
+
+      expect(findSpeculativeBaseBranch("someBranch", branches)).toBe("master")
+    });
+  })
+})
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diff --git a/packages/client/src/speculativeBranchSelection.ts b/packages/client/src/speculativeBranchSelection.ts
index 431df58..6cd061a 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/speculativeBranchSelection.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/speculativeBranchSelection.ts
@@ -66,11 +66,17 @@ async function getBaseCommit(repoPath: string, speculativeBranchesInOrder: strin
 /**
  * Finds speculative branch based on the current branch name. If current branch is not on the list at all, select first. If it is, take the next one. If it's the last one just return undefined.
  */
-function findSpeculativeBaseBranch(
+export function findSpeculativeBaseBranch(
   currentBranchName: string,
   speculativeBranchesInOrder: string[],
 ): string | undefined {
-  const currentBranchInOrder = speculativeBranchesInOrder.indexOf(currentBranchName);
+  const currentBranchInOrder = speculativeBranchesInOrder.findIndex((branch) => {
+    if (branch.startsWith("/")) {
+      return new RegExp(branch).test(currentBranchName);
+    }
+
+    return branch === currentBranchName;
+  });
 
   return speculativeBranchesInOrder[currentBranchInOrder + 1];
 }