diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7b2769fb6..84b4aebaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,5 +24,12 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "60093411+ory-bot@users.noreply.github.com"
           git config --global user.name "ory-bot"
           git add -A
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        id: compute-dist-tag
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const isPrerelease = context.payload.release.prerelease;
+            return isPrerelease ? 'next' : 'latest';
+          result-encoding: string
       - run: |
-          npx lerna publish -y ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} --message 'chore(release): bump version to %s' --no-git-tag-version
+          npx lerna publish -y ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} --dist-tag="${{ steps.compute-dist-tag.outputs.result }}" --message 'chore(release): bump version to %s' --no-git-tag-version