diff --git a/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/Fixtures/RepositoryFixtureBase.cs b/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/Fixtures/RepositoryFixtureBase.cs
index 5764df9783..699805c441 100644
--- a/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/Fixtures/RepositoryFixtureBase.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/Fixtures/RepositoryFixtureBase.cs
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ public void AssertFullSemver(string fullSemver, IRepository repository = null, s
         {
             if (repository != null)
                 repository.DumpGraph();
+            throw;
         }
         if (commitId == null)
             diagramBuilder.AppendLineFormat("note over {0} #D3D3D3: {1}", GetParticipant(Repository.Head.Name), fullSemver);
diff --git a/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/DocumentationSamples.cs b/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/DocumentationSamples.cs
index 28d28821c5..b9be9f5a8a 100644
--- a/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/DocumentationSamples.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/DocumentationSamples.cs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public void GitFlowMinorRelease()
 
             // Make a commit after a tag should bump up the beta
             fixture.MakeACommit();
-            fixture.AssertFullSemver("1.3.0-beta.2+1");
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("1.3.0-beta.2+2");
 
             // Complete release
             fixture.Checkout("master");
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public void GitFlowMajorRelease()
 
             // Make a commit after a tag should bump up the beta
             fixture.MakeACommit();
-            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.0.0-beta.2+1");
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.0.0-beta.2+2");
 
             // Complete release
             fixture.Checkout("master");
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ public void GitHubFlowMajorRelease()
 
             // Make a commit after a tag should bump up the beta
             fixture.MakeACommit();
-            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.0.0-beta.2+1");
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.0.0-beta.2+3");
 
             // Complete release
             fixture.Checkout("master");
diff --git a/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/ReleaseBranchScenarios.cs b/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/ReleaseBranchScenarios.cs
index 56852dcd2d..aa2ac91588 100644
--- a/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/ReleaseBranchScenarios.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/ReleaseBranchScenarios.cs
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public void WhenReleaseBranchIsMergedIntoDevelopHighestVersionIsTakenWithIt()
             fixture.Repository.Checkout("develop");
             fixture.Repository.MergeNoFF("release-1.0.0", Constants.SignatureNow());
 
-            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.1.0-unstable.0");
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.1.0-unstable.5");
         }
     }
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ public void WhenMergingReleaseBackToDevShouldNotResetBetaVersion()
 
             fixture.Repository.MakeCommits(1);
 
-            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.0.0-beta.2+1");
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.0.0-beta.2+2");
 
             //merge down to develop
             fixture.Repository.Checkout("develop");
@@ -264,7 +264,45 @@ public void WhenMergingReleaseBackToDevShouldNotResetBetaVersion()
 
             //but keep working on the release
             fixture.Repository.Checkout("release-2.0.0");
-            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.0.0-beta.2+1");
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.0.0-beta.2+2");
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void HotfixOffReleaseBranchShouldNotResetCount()
+    {
+        using (var fixture = new EmptyRepositoryFixture(new Config
+        {
+            VersioningMode = VersioningMode.ContinuousDeployment
+        }))
+        {
+            const string TaggedVersion = "1.0.3";
+            fixture.Repository.MakeATaggedCommit(TaggedVersion);
+            fixture.Repository.CreateBranch("develop");
+            fixture.Repository.Checkout("develop");
+
+            fixture.Repository.MakeCommits(1);
+
+            fixture.Repository.CreateBranch("release-2.0.0");
+            fixture.Repository.Checkout("release-2.0.0");
+            fixture.Repository.MakeCommits(1);
+
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.0.0-beta.1");
+
+            //tag it to bump to beta 2
+            fixture.Repository.MakeCommits(4);
+
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.0.0-beta.5");
+
+            //merge down to develop
+            fixture.Repository.CreateBranch("hotfix-2.0.0");
+            fixture.Repository.MakeCommits(2);
+
+            //but keep working on the release
+            fixture.Repository.Checkout("release-2.0.0");
+            fixture.Repository.MergeNoFF("hotfix-2.0.0", Constants.SignatureNow());
+            fixture.Repository.Branches.Remove(fixture.Repository.FindBranch("hotfix-2.0.0"));
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("2.0.0-beta.7");
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/SupportBranchScenarios.cs b/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/SupportBranchScenarios.cs
index 7efcd1f7c2..1bf435a5ca 100644
--- a/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/SupportBranchScenarios.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersionCore.Tests/IntegrationTests/SupportBranchScenarios.cs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public void WhenSupportIsBranchedAndTaggedFromAnotherSupportEnsureNewMinorIsUsed
             fixture.Repository.MakeACommit();
             fixture.Repository.MakeACommit();
 
-            fixture.AssertFullSemver("1.3.0+2");
+            fixture.AssertFullSemver("1.3.1+2");
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GitVersionCore/VersionCalculation/BaseVersionCalculator.cs b/src/GitVersionCore/VersionCalculation/BaseVersionCalculator.cs
index f2abebadf7..efe2888588 100644
--- a/src/GitVersionCore/VersionCalculation/BaseVersionCalculator.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersionCore/VersionCalculation/BaseVersionCalculator.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public BaseVersion GetBaseVersion(GitVersionContext context)
                 {
                     baseVersionWithOldestSource = baseVersions
                         .Where(v => v.Version.BaseVersionSource != null)
-                        .OrderBy(v => v.IncrementedVersion)
+                        .OrderByDescending(v => v.IncrementedVersion)
                         .ThenByDescending(v => v.Version.BaseVersionSource.Committer.When)
                         .First()
                         .Version;