diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
index e359269d2e..ff617089f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-prerelease.yml
@@ -38,4 +38,8 @@ jobs:
           # setup the username and email.
           git config --global user.name "Budibase Staging Release Bot"
           git config --global user.email "<>"
-          yarn lerna version prerelease --yes"
+          yarn lerna version prerelease --no-git-tag-version --force-publish --no-push --y
+          git add lerna.json
+          git commit -m 'Update version'
+          git push
+          git push --tags
diff --git a/versions/package.json b/versions/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 10299dc2b2..0000000000
--- a/versions/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": "0.0.999-alpha.6",
-  "scripts": {
-    "postversion": "git push --tags && git push && echo \"Successfully pushed version and tag $npm_package_version!\""
-  }
-}