diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 12b67989..c9f38bc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Release Pull Request
         id: changesets
         uses: changesets/action@v1
+        with:
+          version: npm run version
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a333dcc8..53441ae4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "neverthrow",
-  "version": "8.0.0",
+  "version": "8.1.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "neverthrow",
-      "version": "8.0.0",
+      "version": "8.1.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@changesets/changelog-github": "^0.5.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a27fbec4..be86c5e5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
     "clean": "rm -rf ./dist ./tmp",
     "build": "npm run clean && rollup --config && mv tmp/*.js dist",
     "prepack": "npm run build",
-    "release": "changeset publish"
+    "release": "changeset publish",
+    "version": "changeset version && npm i --lockfile-only"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",