diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index b7dfeba1d..7bcd9250d 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
   "tagVersionPrefix": "lib@",
   "version": "2.2.33",
   "includeMergedTags": true,
+  "command": {
+    "version": {
+      "message": "publish npm packages %s"
+    }
+  },
   "packages": [
     "packages/*",
     "plugins/*"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index da0e0cbea..03e11c211 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .js,.json",
     "lint:fix": "npm run lint -- --fix",
     "bootstrap": "npm install && lerna bootstrap && lerna run --parallel --stream bootstrap",
-    "publish": "lerna publish",
+    "version": "lerna version --exact --no-private --preid beta",
+    "version:dry": "npm run version -- --no-git-tag-version",
+    "publish": "lerna publish from-git --pre-dist-tag beta",
     "clean": "lerna clean --yes && rimraf node_modules",
     "typecheck": "lerna run --parallel --stream typecheck",
     "test": "npm run lint && npm run typecheck && lerna run --stream --parallel test",