diff --git a/scripts/releases-ci/__tests__/publish-npm-test.js b/scripts/releases-ci/__tests__/publish-npm-test.js
index de3fe26b25b8..0eeb9a3489b8 100644
--- a/scripts/releases-ci/__tests__/publish-npm-test.js
+++ b/scripts/releases-ci/__tests__/publish-npm-test.js
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ describe('publish-npm', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       jest.mock('../../shared/monorepoUtils', () => ({
         ...jest.requireActual('../../shared/monorepoUtils'),
-        getWorkspaceRoot: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({version: '1000.0.0'}),
+        getReactNativePackage: jest
+          .fn()
+          .mockResolvedValue({version: '1000.0.0'}),
       }));
     });
 
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ describe('publish-npm', () => {
         getBranchName.mockReturnValueOnce('0.83-stable');
         jest.mock('../../shared/monorepoUtils', () => ({
           ...jest.requireActual('../../shared/monorepoUtils'),
-          getWorkspaceRoot: jest
+          getReactNativePackage: jest
             .fn()
             .mockResolvedValue({version: '0.83.0-rc.0'}),
         }));
@@ -176,10 +178,7 @@ describe('publish-npm', () => {
 
         expect(updateHermesVersionsToNightlyMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(setVersionMock).not.toBeCalled();
-        expect(updateReactNativeArtifactsMock).toBeCalledWith(
-          version,
-          'dry-run',
-        );
+        expect(updateReactNativeArtifactsMock).not.toBeCalled();
 
         // Generate Android artifacts is now delegate to build_android entirely
         expect(generateAndroidArtifactsMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
diff --git a/scripts/releases-ci/publish-npm.js b/scripts/releases-ci/publish-npm.js
index 8d9151ee1204..291f50b51117 100755
--- a/scripts/releases-ci/publish-npm.js
+++ b/scripts/releases-ci/publish-npm.js
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ const {
   publishExternalArtifactsToMaven,
 } = require('../releases/utils/release-utils');
 const {getBranchName} = require('../releases/utils/scm-utils');
-const {REPO_ROOT} = require('../shared/consts');
-const {getPackages, getWorkspaceRoot} = require('../shared/monorepoUtils');
-const path = require('path');
+const {REACT_NATIVE_PACKAGE_DIR} = require('../shared/consts');
+const {getPackages, getReactNativePackage} = require('../shared/monorepoUtils');
 const yargs = require('yargs');
 
 /**
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ async function publishNpm(buildType /*: BuildType */) /*: Promise<void> */ {
     // Before updating React Native artifacts versions for dry-run, we check if the version has already been set.
     // If it has, we don't need to update the artifacts at all (at this will revert them back to 1000.0.0)
     // If it hasn't, we can update the native artifacts accordingly.
-    const projectInfo = await getWorkspaceRoot();
+    const projectInfo = await getReactNativePackage();
 
     if (projectInfo.version === '1000.0.0') {
       // Set hermes versions to latest available if not on a stable branch
@@ -117,8 +116,6 @@ async function publishNpm(buildType /*: BuildType */) /*: Promise<void> */ {
         await updateHermesVersionsToNightly();
       }
       await updateReactNativeArtifacts(version, buildType);
-    } else {
-      await updateReactNativeArtifacts(projectInfo.version, buildType);
     }
   }
 
@@ -136,8 +133,7 @@ async function publishNpm(buildType /*: BuildType */) /*: Promise<void> */ {
   // NPM publishing is done just after.
   publishExternalArtifactsToMaven(version, buildType);
 
-  const packagePath = path.join(REPO_ROOT, 'packages', 'react-native');
-  const result = publishPackage(packagePath, {
+  const result = publishPackage(REACT_NATIVE_PACKAGE_DIR, {
     tags: [tag],
   });
 
diff --git a/scripts/shared/monorepoUtils.js b/scripts/shared/monorepoUtils.js
index 4205ffd8b2f5..f0278a8c8fe3 100644
--- a/scripts/shared/monorepoUtils.js
+++ b/scripts/shared/monorepoUtils.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * @format
  */
 
-const {REPO_ROOT} = require('./consts');
+const {REACT_NATIVE_PACKAGE_DIR, REPO_ROOT} = require('./consts');
 const {promises: fs} = require('fs');
 const glob = require('glob');
 const path = require('path');
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ async function getWorkspaceRoot() /*: Promise<PackageInfo> */ {
   return packageInfo;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the parsed package metadata for the main react-native package.
+ */
+async function getReactNativePackage() /*: Promise<PackageInfo> */ {
+  const [, packageInfo] = await parsePackageInfo(
+    path.join(REACT_NATIVE_PACKAGE_DIR, 'package.json'),
+  );
+  return packageInfo;
+}
+
 async function parsePackageInfo(
   packageJsonPath /*: string */,
 ) /*: Promise<[string, PackageInfo]> */ {
@@ -158,4 +168,5 @@ module.exports = {
   getPackages,
   getWorkspaceRoot,
   updatePackageJson,
+  getReactNativePackage,
 };