diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1558d1377..aae70d55e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ To make a release, you first need to ensure that the released version will eithe
 
  - Update `CHANGELOG.md` so that the unreleased section gets its version number. Commit this change.
  - Run `lerna version patch`, `lerna version minor`, depending on which part of the version number has to be bumped. We should never have the need to bump the major version, so do not run `lerna version major`.
- - Lerna will push the commit and the tag created by `lerna version` to GitHub. Check that this has happened.
+ - Lerna will push the commit and the tag created by `lerna version` to GitHub. Check that this has happened. Also check that the version numbers in package-lock.json have been updated as well.
 
 ### Pushing Artifacts to NPM
 Once the release is properly committed and tagged, you can release the artifacts to NPM in the following way:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b73487565..5755824b1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     "test:nolint": "lerna run test:nolint --stream",
     "test:debug": "lerna run test:debug --stream",
     "test:lint": "lerna run test:lint --stream",
-    "test": "lerna run test --stream"
+    "test": "lerna run test --stream",
+    "version": "lerna clean --yes && lerna bootstrap --ignore-scripts -- --package-lock-only --no-audit && git add packages/*/package-lock.json"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@grpc/proto-loader": "^0.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/collector/package-lock.json b/packages/collector/package-lock.json
index acd135c64..14698653d 100644
--- a/packages/collector/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/collector/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@instana/collector",
-  "version": "1.64.0",
+  "version": "1.65.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@
     "code-point-at": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/code-point-at/-/code-point-at-1.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-DQcLTQQ6W+ozovGkDi7bPZpMz3c="
+      "integrity": "sha1-DQcLTQQ6W+ozovGkDi7bPZpMz3c=",
+      "optional": true
     },
     "color-convert": {
       "version": "1.9.3",
@@ -293,7 +294,8 @@
     "console-control-strings": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/console-control-strings/-/console-control-strings-1.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-PXz0Rk22RG6mRL9LOVB/mFEAjo4="
+      "integrity": "sha1-PXz0Rk22RG6mRL9LOVB/mFEAjo4=",
+      "optional": true
     },
     "core-util-is": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
@@ -877,6 +879,7 @@
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-fullwidth-code-point/-/is-fullwidth-code-point-1.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-754xOG8DGn8NZDr4L95QxFfvAMs=",
+      "optional": true,
       "requires": {
         "number-is-nan": "^1.0.0"
       }
@@ -999,6 +1002,7 @@
       "version": "2.3.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minipass/-/minipass-2.3.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-Gi1W4k059gyRbyVUZQ4mEqLm0YIUiGYfvxhF6SIlk3ui1WVxMTGfGdQ2SInh3PDrRTVvPKgULkpJtT4RH10+VA==",
+      "optional": true,
       "requires": {
         "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
         "yallist": "^3.0.0"
@@ -1007,7 +1011,8 @@
         "yallist": {
           "version": "3.0.3",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-3.0.3.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-S+Zk8DEWE6oKpV+vI3qWkaK+jSbIK86pCwe2IF/xwIpQ8jEuxpw9NyaGjmp9+BoJv5FV2piqCDcoCtStppiq2A=="
+          "integrity": "sha512-S+Zk8DEWE6oKpV+vI3qWkaK+jSbIK86pCwe2IF/xwIpQ8jEuxpw9NyaGjmp9+BoJv5FV2piqCDcoCtStppiq2A==",
+          "optional": true
         }
       }
     },
@@ -1233,7 +1238,8 @@
     "number-is-nan": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/number-is-nan/-/number-is-nan-1.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-CXtgK1NCKlIsGvuHkDGDNpQaAR0="
+      "integrity": "sha1-CXtgK1NCKlIsGvuHkDGDNpQaAR0=",
+      "optional": true
     },
     "object-assign": {
       "version": "4.1.1",
@@ -1552,6 +1558,7 @@
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-1.0.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-EYvfW4zcUaKn5w0hHgfisLmxB9M=",
+      "optional": true,
       "requires": {
         "code-point-at": "^1.0.0",
         "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/core/package-lock.json b/packages/core/package-lock.json
index 8f77e0eaf..2e468fe7a 100644
--- a/packages/core/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/core/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@instana/core",
-  "version": "1.64.0",
+  "version": "1.65.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/legacy-sensor/package-lock.json b/packages/legacy-sensor/package-lock.json
index ef9758735..d5c6abf60 100644
--- a/packages/legacy-sensor/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/legacy-sensor/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "instana-nodejs-sensor",
-	"version": "1.64.0",
+	"version": "1.65.0",
 	"lockfileVersion": 1,
 	"requires": true,
 	"dependencies": {