diff --git a/Sources/BumpVersion/Commands/ConfigCommand.swift b/Sources/BumpVersion/Commands/ConfigCommand.swift
index 32ff697..c311359 100644
--- a/Sources/BumpVersion/Commands/ConfigCommand.swift
+++ b/Sources/BumpVersion/Commands/ConfigCommand.swift
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ extension ConfigCommand {
     @OptionGroup var globals: ConfigCommandOptions
 
     func run() async throws {
+      @Dependency(\.logger) var logger
       let configuration = try await globals
         .shared(command: Self.commandName)
         .runClient(\.parsedConfiguration)
@@ -183,7 +184,11 @@ private extension ConfigCommand.DumpConfig {
 private extension ConfigCommand.ConfigCommandOptions {
 
   func shared(command: String) throws -> CliClient.SharedOptions {
-    try configOptions.shared(command: command, extraOptions: extraOptions, verbose: verbose)
+    try configOptions.shared(
+      command: command,
+      extraOptions: extraOptions,
+      verbose: verbose
+    )
   }
 
   func handlePrintJson(_ configuration: Configuration) throws {
diff --git a/Sources/BumpVersion/GlobalOptions.swift b/Sources/BumpVersion/GlobalOptions.swift
index 089c78f..8aa01d4 100644
--- a/Sources/BumpVersion/GlobalOptions.swift
+++ b/Sources/BumpVersion/GlobalOptions.swift
@@ -173,5 +173,19 @@ struct SemVarOptions: ParsableArguments {
   )
   var customCommand: Bool = false
 
+  @Option(
+    name: .long,
+    help: """
+    Set the precence to prefer version from file or strategy.
+    """
+  )
+  var precedence: Configuration.SemVar.Precedence?
+
   @OptionGroup var preRelease: PreReleaseOptions
 }
+
+extension Configuration.SemVar.Precedence: ExpressibleByArgument {
+  public init?(argument: String) {
+    self.init(rawValue: argument)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/BumpVersion/Helpers/GlobalOptions+run.swift b/Sources/BumpVersion/Helpers/GlobalOptions+run.swift
index 4e2f453..bd59555 100644
--- a/Sources/BumpVersion/Helpers/GlobalOptions+run.swift
+++ b/Sources/BumpVersion/Helpers/GlobalOptions+run.swift
@@ -136,8 +136,11 @@ extension SemVarOptions {
       """)
     }
 
+    logger.trace("precedence: \(String(describing: precedence))")
+
     return try .init(
       allowPreRelease: !preRelease.disablePreRelease,
+      precedence: precedence,
       preRelease: customCommand ? nil : preRelease.configPreReleaseStrategy(
         includeCommitSha: includeCommitSha,
         extraOptions: extraOptions
diff --git a/Sources/CliClient/Internal/VersionContainer.swift b/Sources/CliClient/Internal/VersionContainer.swift
index c113727..9a312a1 100644
--- a/Sources/CliClient/Internal/VersionContainer.swift
+++ b/Sources/CliClient/Internal/VersionContainer.swift
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ extension CurrentVersionContainer where Version == String {
 
 extension CurrentVersionContainer where Version == SemVar {
 
+  // var preferredSemvar: SemVar? {
+  //   switch precedence {
+  //   }
+  // }
+
   // TODO: Update to use precedence and not fetch `nextVersion` if we loaded a file version.
   static func load(semvar: Configuration.SemVar, gitDirectory: String?, url: URL) async throws -> Self {
     @Dependency(\.fileClient) var fileClient
diff --git a/Sources/ConfigurationClient/Configuration+merge.swift b/Sources/ConfigurationClient/Configuration+merge.swift
index 9b11054..e0f3642 100644
--- a/Sources/ConfigurationClient/Configuration+merge.swift
+++ b/Sources/ConfigurationClient/Configuration+merge.swift
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Dependencies
 import FileClient
 import Foundation
+import LoggingExtensions
 
 @_spi(Internal)
 public extension Configuration {
@@ -44,8 +45,12 @@ public extension Configuration.Branch {
 @_spi(Internal)
 public extension Configuration.SemVar {
   func merging(_ other: Self?) -> Self {
-    .init(
+    @Dependency(\.logger) var logger
+    logger.dump(other, level: .trace) { "Merging semvar:\n\($0)" }
+
+    return .init(
       allowPreRelease: other?.allowPreRelease ?? allowPreRelease,
+      precedence: other?.precedence ?? precedence,
       preRelease: preRelease == nil ? other?.preRelease : preRelease!.merging(other?.preRelease),
       requireExistingFile: other?.requireExistingFile ?? requireExistingFile,
       requireExistingSemVar: other?.requireExistingSemVar ?? requireExistingSemVar,
diff --git a/Sources/ConfigurationClient/Configuration.swift b/Sources/ConfigurationClient/Configuration.swift
index 04a8b8e..abb86a0 100644
--- a/Sources/ConfigurationClient/Configuration.swift
+++ b/Sources/ConfigurationClient/Configuration.swift
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ public extension Configuration {
 
     case semvar(
       allowPreRelease: Bool? = nil,
+      precedence: SemVar.Precedence? = nil,
       preRelease: PreRelease? = nil,
       requireExistingFile: Bool? = nil,
       requireExistingSemVar: Bool? = nil,
@@ -159,10 +160,16 @@ public extension Configuration {
     }
 
     public var semvar: SemVar? {
-      guard case let .semvar(allowPreRelease, preRelease, requireExistingFile, requireExistingSemVar, strategy) = self
+      guard case let .semvar(
+        allowPreRelease,
+        precedence,
+        preRelease,
+        requireExistingFile, requireExistingSemVar, strategy
+      ) = self
       else { return nil }
       return .init(
         allowPreRelease: allowPreRelease,
+        precedence: precedence,
         preRelease: preRelease,
         requireExistingFile: requireExistingFile ?? false,
         requireExistingSemVar: requireExistingSemVar ?? false,
@@ -177,6 +184,7 @@ public extension Configuration {
     public static func semvar(_ value: SemVar) -> Self {
       .semvar(
         allowPreRelease: value.allowPreRelease,
+        precedence: value.precedence,
         preRelease: value.preRelease,
         requireExistingFile: value.requireExistingFile,
         requireExistingSemVar: value.requireExistingSemVar,
@@ -285,7 +293,7 @@ public extension Configuration {
       case gitTag(exactMatch: Bool? = false)
     }
 
-    public enum Precedence: String, Codable, Equatable, Sendable {
+    public enum Precedence: String, CaseIterable, Codable, Equatable, Sendable {
       case file
       case strategy