diff --git a/npm/ng-packs/lerna.exec.json b/npm/ng-packs/lerna.exec.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbd3bc3ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/ng-packs/lerna.exec.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "packages": ["dist/*"],
+  "npmClient": "yarn"
+}
diff --git a/npm/ng-packs/lerna.json b/npm/ng-packs/lerna.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e6e8e09739..0000000000
--- a/npm/ng-packs/lerna.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": "1.1.1",
-  "packages": [
-    "packages/*"
-  ],
-  "npmClient": "yarn"
-}
diff --git a/npm/ng-packs/lerna.version.json b/npm/ng-packs/lerna.version.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19681c270c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/ng-packs/lerna.version.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "packages": ["packages/*"],
+  "npmClient": "yarn"
+}
diff --git a/npm/ng-packs/scripts/publish.js b/npm/ng-packs/scripts/publish.js
index 7fa53f51e5..084b84e99c 100644
--- a/npm/ng-packs/scripts/publish.js
+++ b/npm/ng-packs/scripts/publish.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 // ESM syntax is supported.
 import execa from 'execa';
+import fse from 'fs-extra';
 
 const versions = ['major', 'minor', 'patch', 'premajor', 'preminor', 'prepatch', 'prerelease'];
 let nextSemanticVersion = (process.argv[2] || '').toLowerCase();
 
 if (versions.indexOf(nextSemanticVersion) < 0) {
   console.log(
-    "Please enter the next semantic version like this: 'npm run publish patch'. Available versions: " +
+    "Please enter the next semantic version like this: 'npm run publish patch'. Available versions:\n " +
       JSON.stringify(versions),
   );
 
@@ -16,6 +17,16 @@ if (versions.indexOf(nextSemanticVersion) < 0) {
 (async () => {
   try {
     await execa('yarn', ['install-new-dependencies'], { stdout: 'inherit' });
+
+    await fse.rename('../lerna.version.json', '../lerna.json');
+
+    await execa(
+      'yarn',
+      ['lerna', 'version', nextSemanticVersion, '--yes', '--no-commit-hooks', '--skip-git'],
+      { stdout: 'inherit', cwd: '../' },
+    );
+
+    await fse.rename('../lerna.json', '../lerna.version.json');
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(error.stderr);
     process.exit(1);