diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
index 83660e409d..f6446c55f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
           token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
-      - run: yarn
+      - run: cd scripts && yarn
       - name: Tag prerelease
         run: |
+          cd scripts
           # setup the username and email.
           git config --global user.name "Budibase Staging Release Bot"
           git config --global user.email "<>"
-          ./scripts/versionCommit.sh prerelease
+          ./versionCommit.sh prerelease
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
index f361c200a0..191c3ad9ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
           token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
-      - run: yarn
+      - run: cd scripts && yarn
       - name: Tag release
         run: |
+          cd scripts
           # setup the username and email.
           git config --global user.name "Budibase Staging Release Bot"
           git config --global user.email "<>"
           BUMP_TYPE_INPUT=${{ github.event.inputs.versioning }}
           BUMP_TYPE=${BUMP_TYPE_INPUT:-"patch"}
-          ./scripts/versionCommit.sh $BUMP_TYPE
+          ./versionCommit.sh $BUMP_TYPE
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b521030caf..8b715d8747 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     "prettier-plugin-svelte": "^2.3.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "rollup-plugin-replace": "^2.2.0",
-    "semver": "^7.5.0",
     "svelte": "^3.38.2",
     "typescript": "4.7.3"
   },
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40b878db5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node_modules/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/bumpVersion.js b/scripts/bumpVersion.js
index 19deb684da..dd54074ae8 100644
--- a/scripts/bumpVersion.js
+++ b/scripts/bumpVersion.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const fs = require("fs")
 const semver = require("semver")
 
-const filePath = "lerna.json"
+const filePath = "../lerna.json"
 const versionBump = process.argv[2] || "patch"
 
 // Read and parse lerna.json file
diff --git a/scripts/package.json b/scripts/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c08bc5b7c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "scripts",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "semver": "^7.5.3"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/versionCommit.sh b/scripts/versionCommit.sh
index d70f6900e2..69137a988f 100755
--- a/scripts/versionCommit.sh
+++ b/scripts/versionCommit.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ then
 fi
 
 # Bump the version in lerna.json
-node scripts/bumpVersion.js $1
+node ./bumpVersion.js $1
 
 
-NEW_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./lerna.json').version")
+NEW_VERSION=$(node -p "require('../lerna.json').version")
 git add lerna.json
 git commit -m "Bump version to $NEW_VERSION"
 git tag v$NEW_VERSION
diff --git a/scripts/yarn.lock b/scripts/yarn.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe88e5d4ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/yarn.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
+# yarn lockfile v1
+
+
+lru-cache@^6.0.0:
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-6.0.0.tgz#6d6fe6570ebd96aaf90fcad1dafa3b2566db3a94"
+  integrity sha512-Jo6dJ04CmSjuznwJSS3pUeWmd/H0ffTlkXXgwZi+eq1UCmqQwCh+eLsYOYCwY991i2Fah4h1BEMCx4qThGbsiA==
+  dependencies:
+    yallist "^4.0.0"
+
+semver@^7.5.3:
+  version "7.5.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-7.5.3.tgz#161ce8c2c6b4b3bdca6caadc9fa3317a4c4fe88e"
+  integrity sha512-QBlUtyVk/5EeHbi7X0fw6liDZc7BBmEaSYn01fMU1OUYbf6GPsbTtd8WmnqbI20SeycoHSeiybkE/q1Q+qlThQ==
+  dependencies:
+    lru-cache "^6.0.0"
+
+yallist@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz#9bb92790d9c0effec63be73519e11a35019a3a72"
+  integrity sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A==
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c572cdc1b8..4c02b28ac2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -22426,13 +22426,6 @@ semver@^7.2.1, semver@^7.3.5:
   dependencies:
     lru-cache "^6.0.0"
 
-semver@^7.5.0:
-  version "7.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-7.5.0.tgz#ed8c5dc8efb6c629c88b23d41dc9bf40c1d96cd0"
-  integrity sha512-+XC0AD/R7Q2mPSRuy2Id0+CGTZ98+8f+KvwirxOKIEyid+XSx6HbC63p+O4IndTHuX5Z+JxQ0TghCkO5Cg/2HA==
-  dependencies:
-    lru-cache "^6.0.0"
-
 semver@~2.3.1:
   version "2.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-2.3.2.tgz#b9848f25d6cf36333073ec9ef8856d42f1233e52"