diff --git a/.github/workflows/inter-branch-flow.yml b/.github/workflows/inter-branch-flow.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68fdef4127b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/inter-branch-flow.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: Inter-branch merge workflow
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - vs1**
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  Merge:
+    uses: dotnet/arcade/.github/workflows/inter-branch-merge-base.yml@main
+    with:
+      configuration_file_path: '.config/git-merge-flow-config.jsonc'
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diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 7c2c16e7925..7a9903f7de0 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!-- Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the MIT license. See License.txt in the project root for full license information. -->
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>17.0.3</VersionPrefix><DotNetFinalVersionKind>release</DotNetFinalVersionKind>
+    <VersionPrefix>17.0.4</VersionPrefix><DotNetFinalVersionKind>release</DotNetFinalVersionKind>
     <AssemblyVersion>15.1.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
     <PreReleaseVersionLabel>preview</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
     <DotNetUseShippingVersions>true</DotNetUseShippingVersions>