diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release-npm.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release-npm.yml
index f697a69e8e..cb87159709 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release-npm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release-npm.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish NPM packages
         run: |
           npm config set '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken' "${NPM_TOKEN}"
-          DIST_TAG=$(cat lerna.json | jq '.version' --raw-output | xargs npm exec -- @k8slens/semver --prerelease 0)
+          VERSION=$(cat lerna.json | jq '.version' --raw-output)
+          echo ${VERSION}
+          DIST_TAG=$(npm exec -- @k8slens/semver --prerelease 0 ${VERSION})
           yarn lerna \
             publish from-package \
             --no-push \