diff --git a/build/release.js b/build/release.js
index 92242abe..194fbe6c 100644
--- a/build/release.js
+++ b/build/release.js
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ function tagReleaseVersion( next ) {
 function updateVersions( next ) {
 	updateSourceVersion( releaseVersion );
 	updateReadmeVersion( releaseVersion );
-	updatePackageVersion( releaseVersion );
-	next();
+	updatePackageVersion( releaseVersion, undefined, next );
 }
 
 async function buildRelease( next ) {
@@ -211,9 +210,12 @@ async function publishToNPM( next ) {
 
 function setNextVersion( next ) {
 	updateSourceVersion( nextVersion );
-	updatePackageVersion( nextVersion, "main" );
-	git( [ "commit", "-a", "--no-verify", "-m", "Updating the source version to " + nextVersion ],
-		next );
+	updatePackageVersion( nextVersion, "main", function() {
+		git(
+			[ "commit", "-a", "--no-verify",
+				"-m", "Updating the source version to " + nextVersion ],
+			next );
+	} );
 }
 
 function pushToRemote( next ) {
@@ -244,12 +246,22 @@ function steps() {
 	} )();
 }
 
-function updatePackageVersion( ver, blobVer ) {
+function updatePackageVersion( ver, blobVer, next ) {
 	status( "Updating " + packageFile + " version to " + ver );
 	blobVer = blobVer || ver;
-	pkg.version = ver;
 	pkg.author.url = setBlobVersion( pkg.author.url, blobVer );
 	writeJsonSync( packageFile, pkg );
+	child.execFile( "npm", [
+		"version",
+		ver,
+		"--no-git-tag-version"
+	], function( error, stdout ) {
+		if ( error ) {
+			throw error;
+		}
+		console.log( stdout );
+		next();
+	} );
 }
 
 function updateSourceVersion( ver ) {