diff --git a/plugins/npm/__tests__/npm.test.ts b/plugins/npm/__tests__/npm.test.ts
index 276e26e88..4504aa369 100644
--- a/plugins/npm/__tests__/npm.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/npm/__tests__/npm.test.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,12 @@ describe("greaterRelease", () => {
       await greaterRelease(prefixRelease, "test-package-name", "1.0.0")
     ).toBe("1.0.1");
   });
+  test("should default to packageVersion if (publishedVersion is greater, but is a pre-release)", async () => {
+    execPromise.mockReturnValueOnce("1.0.1-next.0");
+    expect(
+      await greaterRelease(prefixRelease, "test-package-name", "1.0.0")
+    ).toBe("1.0.0");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("getAuthor", () => {
diff --git a/plugins/npm/src/index.ts b/plugins/npm/src/index.ts
index f9dc7e4c7..d591a8785 100644
--- a/plugins/npm/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/npm/src/index.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ async function getPublishedVersion(name: string) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Determine the greatest version between last published version of a
+ * Determine the greatest version between @latest published version of a
  * package and the version in the package.json.
  */
 export async function greaterRelease(
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ export async function greaterRelease(
     return packageVersion;
   }
 
+  // If @latest published version is a pre-release,
+  // this means the package has not been published as a stable tag yet
+  // Prefer local version to prevent a new package from adjusting the versions for a whole monorepo.
+  if (prerelease(publishedVersion) !== null) {
+    return packageVersion;
+  }
+
   const publishedPrefixed = prefixRelease(publishedVersion);
   // The branch (ex: next) is also the --preid
   const baseVersion =