diff --git a/src/npm/doSetNpmTag.ts b/src/npm/doSetNpmTag.ts
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+import spawn from "../utils/spawn.js";
+import appendCmdIfWindows from "./utils/appendCmdIfWindows.js";
+import npmLogger from "./utils/npmLogger.js";
+
+/**
+ * Update a package's tag in the npm registry to a specific version
+ * @param packageName The name of the package to update
+ * @param version The version to use for the update
+ * @param tag Th tag to update
+ * @returns
+ */
+export default async function (
+  packageName: string,
+  version: string,
+  tag: string,
+) {
+  const params = ["dist-tag", "add", [packageName, version].join("@"), tag];
+  const npmPs = await spawn(appendCmdIfWindows`npm`, params, npmLogger);
+  return npmPs.stdout.toString().trim();
+}