From 24743843bf00a90e6e112d52fef72132f9798f28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cee Chen <constance.chen@elastic.co>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2023 22:12:50 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix npm tags for special releases

---
 scripts/release.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
index 4cb0ed68d31..f07ae973e96 100644
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -147,7 +147,11 @@ const hasStep = (step) => {
     const otp = await getOneTimePassword(versionTarget);
 
     // publish new version to npm
-    execSync(`npm publish --otp=${otp}`, execOptions);
+    if (isSpecialRelease) {
+      execSync(`npm publish --tag=${args.type} --otp=${otp}`, execOptions);
+    } else {
+      execSync(`npm publish --otp=${otp}`, execOptions);
+    }
   }
 })().catch((e) => console.error(e));