diff --git a/.github/workflows/branchOffCadenzaVersion.yml b/.github/workflows/branchOffCadenzaVersion.yml
index b2c6ba81..7eed9aa8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/branchOffCadenzaVersion.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/branchOffCadenzaVersion.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Commit and tag changes
       run: |
         git add "package.json"
+        git add "package-lock.json"
         git commit -m "chore: branch off main as ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }} and bump main version to ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}"
 
     - name: Push changes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index abfc8eb4..0cb3d92c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Commit release and tag it
       run: |
         git add "package.json"
+        git add "package-lock.json"
         git add "CHANGELOG.md"
         git commit -m "chore: release ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
-        git tag ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+        git tag v${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
 
     - name: Push changes
       env:
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Update GitHub release documentation
       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
       with:
-        tag_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+        tag_name: v${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
         body: ${{ steps.get-changelog.outputs.changelog }}
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Publish npm package
       run: |
         npm config set '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken' "${NPM_TOKEN}"
-        npm publish --verbose --access=public --tag=${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
+        npm publish --verbose --access=public --tag=v${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
       env:
         NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPMJS_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Commit version bump
       run: |
         git add "package.json"
+        git add "package-lock.json"
         git commit -m "chore: bump up version to ${{ env.DEV_VERSION }}"
 
     - name: Push changes