diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5352d87e3..0ff177482 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "audit:public": "npm audit --registry https://registry.npmjs.org/",
     "bundle:webHelp": "cd packages/imperative/web-help && node build.js",
     "prepare": "husky install && npm run bundle:webHelp",
-    "package": "node scripts/bundleCliTgz.js"
+    "package": "lerna run prepublishOnly && node scripts/bundleCliTgz.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "env-cmd": "^10.1.0",
     "eslint": "^8.22.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-deprecation": "^2.0.0",    
+    "eslint-plugin-deprecation": "^2.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jest": "^26.8.0",
     "eslint-plugin-unused-imports": "^2.0.0",
     "fancy-log": "^1.3.3",