diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yaml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yaml
index 81ce5e10..a95a06ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           npm ci --loglevel error
           PRERELEASE=$(date +%y%m%d%H%M%S)
           VERSION=$(jq -r .version ./packages/query-composer/package.json)-dev$PRERELEASE
-          npm version --no-git-tag-version $VERSION
+          npm version -w packages/query-composer --no-git-tag-version $VERSION
           npm publish -w packages/query-composer --access=public
         env:
           CI: true