diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm.yaml b/.github/workflows/npm.yaml
index acd17d7..30d37bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ name: Publish to npm
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-alpha.[0-9]+'
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -18,6 +19,19 @@ jobs:
       with:
         node-version: 20.x
         cache: 'npm'
+        registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'
+
+    - name: Determine pre-release tag
+      id: release-tag
+      run: |
+        TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+        echo "Detected tag: $TAG_NAME"
+        if [[ "$TAG_NAME" == *-alpha.* ]]; then
+          echo "tag=alpha" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          npm version --no-git-tag-version $TAG_NAME
+        else
+          echo "tag=latest" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        fi
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: npm ci
@@ -29,6 +43,6 @@ jobs:
       run: npm run compile
 
     - name: Publish
-      run: npm publish --access public
+      run: npm publish --access public --tag ${{ env.tag }}
       env:
         NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}