diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/npm-release-task.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/npm-release-task.yml
index 5ccb53797719..233052fdd15d 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/npm-release-task.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/steps/npm-release-task.yml
@@ -14,12 +14,22 @@ steps:
         $tempDir = "$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/temp_decompress"
         New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $tempDir
         tar -xzf $tarFile -C $tempDir
-        $packageJsonDir = "$tempDir\package\package.json"
+        $packageJsonDir = "$tempDir/package/package.json"
         $pkg = Get-Content -Raw "$packageJsonDir" | ConvertFrom-Json
         $packageName = $pkg.Name
         $packageVersion = $pkg.Version
-        $packageProps = npm view $packageName -json | ConvertFrom-Json
-        $originalTags = $packageProps.'dist-tags' | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
+        $packageProps = npm view $packageName -json -silent | ConvertFrom-Json
+        $originalTags = "{}"
+        if ($packageProps.error) {
+          $LASTEXITCODE = 0
+          if ($packageProps.error.code -ne "E404") {
+            Write-Error $packageProps.error
+            exit 1
+          }
+        }
+        else {
+          $originalTags = $packageProps.'dist-tags' | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
+        }
         echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=PackageName]$packageName"
         echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=OriginalTags]$originalTags"
         echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=IntendedTagVersion]$packageVersion"
diff --git a/eng/scripts/verify-npm-tags.ps1 b/eng/scripts/verify-npm-tags.ps1
index 69cd60fcca58..3a0906d9db20 100644
--- a/eng/scripts/verify-npm-tags.ps1
+++ b/eng/scripts/verify-npm-tags.ps1
@@ -28,20 +28,21 @@ Write-Host "Intend to add tag $intendedTag to version $intendedTagVersion"
 if ($packageDistTags."$intendedTag" -ne $intendedTagVersion) {
   Write-Warning "Tag not correctly set, current $intendedTag tag is version $($packageDistTags."$intendedTag") instead of $intendedTagVersion."
   $correctDistTags = $parsedOriginalDistTags
-  $correctDistTags."$intendedTag" = $intendedTagVersion
+  $correctDistTags | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name $intendedTag -Value $intendedTagVersion -Force
 
   Write-Host "Setting AuthToken Deployment"
   $regAuth = "//registry.npmjs.org/"
-  $env:NPM_TOKEN=$npmToken
+  $env:NPM_TOKEN = $npmToken
   npm config set $regAuth`:_authToken=`$`{NPM_TOKEN`}
 
-  foreach($tag in $correctDistTags.PSObject.Properties) {
+  foreach ($tag in $correctDistTags.PSObject.Properties) {
     Write-Host "npm dist-tag add $packageName@$($tag.value) $($tag.Name)"
     npm dist-tag add $packageName@$($tag.value) $($tag.Name)
   }
   $npmPkgProp = npm view $packageName --json | ConvertFrom-Json
   $packageDistTags = $npmPkgProp."dist-tags"
   Write-Host "Corrected dist tags to: $packageDistTags"
-} else {
+}
+else {
   Write-Host "Tag verified."
 }