diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
index 877dd73fdc..a0b6269eb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ jobs:
           # setup the username and email.
           git config --global user.name "Budibase Staging Release Bot"
           git config --global user.email "<>"
-          yarn version --prerelease --cwd="./versions"
+          lerna version prerelease --yes"
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 5534b2f45d..bd0f708b01 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "version": "2.5.6-alpha.19",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
+  "version": "0.0.999-alpha.9",
   "packages": [
     "packages/backend-core",
     "packages/bbui",