diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 007cb1408ef..57c07e1d446 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}" >> ~/.npmrc
 
       - name: 🚀 Publish
-        run: npm run publish --tag nightly
+        run: npm run publish
 
       - name: 🐱 Create GitHub release
         uses: actions/create-release@v1
diff --git a/scripts/publish.js b/scripts/publish.js
index a50fb4b01d0..b723471d2b7 100644
--- a/scripts/publish.js
+++ b/scripts/publish.js
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ async function run() {
   }
 
   let prerelease = semver.prerelease(taggedVersion);
-  let tag = prerelease ? prerelease[0] : "latest";
+  let prereleaseTag = prerelease ? prerelease[0] : undefined;
+  let tag = prereleaseTag
+    ? prereleaseTag.includes("nightly")
+      ? "nightly"
+      : prereleaseTag
+    : "latest";
 
   // Publish eslint config directly from the package directory
   publish(path.join(packageDir, "remix-eslint-config"), tag);