diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index ed467a3c2..2c5297fa5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,18 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Update versions
         run: |
-          npm version ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} --ws --allow-same-version
-          for module in packages/modules/*; do npm install testcontainers@${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} --save -w $module; done
-          sed -i -E "s/(sonar.projectVersion)=.+/\1=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}/" sonar-project.properties
+          TAG="${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
+          VERSION="${TAG#v}"
+
+          npm version "$VERSION" --ws --allow-same-version --no-git-tag-version
+
+          for module in packages/modules/*; do
+            npm pkg set "dependencies.testcontainers=^$VERSION" -w "$module"
+          done
+
+          npm install --package-lock-only --ignore-scripts
+
+          sed -i -E "s/(sonar.projectVersion)=.+/\1=$TAG/" sonar-project.properties
 
       - name: Build packages
         run: |