diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c2d7fd1e65bd..96ffd99de54a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ jobs:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           UPDATE_TEMPLATE_SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.UPDATE_TEMPLATE_SSH_KEY }}
 
+      - name: Update latest tag on published packages  # only needed until we release 1.0.0 and exit pre-release mode
+        if: steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true'
+        # wait a bit and then run "npm dist-tag add package@version latest" for all published packages
+        env:
+          published_packages: ${{steps.changesets.outputs.publishedPackages}}
+        run: |
+          sleep 20
+          echo $published_packages | jq -r 'map((.name + "@" + .version)) | .[]' | while read pkgver; do echo npm dist-tag add $pkgver latest || continue;done
+
       # TODO alert discord
       # - name: Send a Slack notification if a publish happens
       #   if: steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true'