diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-package.yml b/.github/workflows/create-package.yml
index 91b40fa2..60002b1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-package.yml
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "14.19.0"
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build
-      - run: |
+      - name: Compute pre-release version
+        run: |
           CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep -o '\"version\": *\"[^\"]*\"' package.json | awk -F'\"' '{print $4}')
           BUILD_VERSION="$CURRENT_VERSION-alpha.$(date +%Y%m%d)"
           echo "BUILD_VERSION=$BUILD_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          npm version "$BUILD_VERSION"
+      - run: npm version "$BUILD_VERSION" --no-git-tag-version
       - run: npm pack
 
       # upload the .tgz as a build artifact