diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4fcdc413..dca8e5be 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ jacocoTestReport {
     }
 }
 
-String version = '6.8.4'
+String version = '6.9.0'
 
 task updateVersion {
     doLast {
diff --git a/tests/jenkins/TestPublishToNpm.groovy b/tests/jenkins/TestPublishToNpm.groovy
index e7d1c1b2..8a9e35aa 100644
--- a/tests/jenkins/TestPublishToNpm.groovy
+++ b/tests/jenkins/TestPublishToNpm.groovy
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class TestPublishToNpm extends BuildPipelineTest {
         this.registerLibTester(new PublishToNpmLibTester('artifact', '/tmp/workspace/example.tgz'))
         super.testPipeline('tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpmUsingTarball_JenkinsFile')
         assertThat(getShellCommands('npm'), hasItem(
-            '\n            npm set registry \"https://registry.npmjs.org\"\n            npm set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken NPM_TOKEN\n            npm publish /tmp/workspace/example.tgz --dry-run && npm publish /tmp/workspace/example.tgz --access public\n        '
+            '\n            npm set registry \"https://registry.npmjs.org\"\n            npm set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken NPM_TOKEN\n            npm publish /tmp/workspace/example.tgz --dry-run && npm publish /tmp/workspace/example.tgz --access public --tag beta\n        '
         ))
         assertThat(getShellCommands('nvmrc'), hasItem('rm -rf /tmp/workspace/.nvmrc && rm -rf ~/.nvmrc'))
     }
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class TestPublishToNpm extends BuildPipelineTest {
         this.registerLibTester(new PublishToNpmLibTester('github'))
         super.testPipeline('tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpm_Jenkinsfile')
         assertThat(getShellCommands('npm'), hasItem(
-            '\n            npm set registry \"https://registry.npmjs.org\"\n            npm set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken NPM_TOKEN\n            npm publish  --dry-run && npm publish  --access public\n        '
+            '\n            npm set registry \"https://registry.npmjs.org\"\n            npm set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken NPM_TOKEN\n            npm publish  --dry-run && npm publish  --access public --tag latest\n        '
         ))
         assertThat(getShellCommands('nvmrc'), hasItem('rm -rf /tmp/workspace/.nvmrc && rm -rf ~/.nvmrc'))
     }
diff --git a/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpmUsingTarball_JenkinsFile b/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpmUsingTarball_JenkinsFile
index 90ff2ccf..f79e2017 100644
--- a/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpmUsingTarball_JenkinsFile
+++ b/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpmUsingTarball_JenkinsFile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 pipeline {
     environment {
-        tag = '2.0.0'
+        tag = '2.0.0-beta.1'
         repository = 'https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-ci'
     }
     agent none
diff --git a/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpmUsingTarball_JenkinsFile.txt b/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpmUsingTarball_JenkinsFile.txt
index f9d5ffda..910efbb9 100644
--- a/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpmUsingTarball_JenkinsFile.txt
+++ b/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpmUsingTarball_JenkinsFile.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
                      publishToNpm.sh(
             npm set registry "https://registry.npmjs.org"
             npm set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken NPM_TOKEN
-            npm publish /tmp/workspace/example.tgz --dry-run && npm publish /tmp/workspace/example.tgz --access public
+            npm publish /tmp/workspace/example.tgz --dry-run && npm publish /tmp/workspace/example.tgz --access public --tag beta
         )
                   publishToNpm.sh(rm -rf /tmp/workspace/.nvmrc && rm -rf ~/.nvmrc)
diff --git a/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpm_Jenkinsfile b/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpm_Jenkinsfile
index 86942e1f..18e4e055 100644
--- a/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpm_Jenkinsfile
+++ b/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpm_Jenkinsfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pipeline {
             steps {
                 script {
                     publishToNpm(
-                        publicationType: 'github'
+                        publicationType: 'github',
                     )
                 }
             }
diff --git a/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpm_Jenkinsfile.txt b/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpm_Jenkinsfile.txt
index b06d475f..0bd58fe5 100644
--- a/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpm_Jenkinsfile.txt
+++ b/tests/jenkins/jobs/PublishToNpm_Jenkinsfile.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
                      publishToNpm.sh(
             npm set registry "https://registry.npmjs.org"
             npm set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken NPM_TOKEN
-            npm publish  --dry-run && npm publish  --access public
+            npm publish  --dry-run && npm publish  --access public --tag latest
         )
                   publishToNpm.sh(rm -rf /tmp/workspace/.nvmrc && rm -rf ~/.nvmrc)
diff --git a/vars/publishToNpm.groovy b/vars/publishToNpm.groovy
index 0bad12cd..5f54697d 100644
--- a/vars/publishToNpm.groovy
+++ b/vars/publishToNpm.groovy
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ void call(Map args = [:]) {
     if (args.publicationType == 'github') {
         checkout([$class: 'GitSCM', branches: [[name: "${env.tag}" ]], userRemoteConfigs: [[url: "${env.repository}" ]]])
     }
+    def npmTag = getNpmTag("${env.tag}")
 
     withCredentials([string(credentialsId: 'jenkins-opensearch-publish-to-npm-token', variable: 'NPM_TOKEN')]) {
         sh """
             npm set registry "https://registry.npmjs.org"
             npm set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken ${NPM_TOKEN}
-            npm publish ${artifactPath} --dry-run && npm publish ${artifactPath} --access public
+            npm publish ${artifactPath} --dry-run && npm publish ${artifactPath} --access public --tag ${npmTag}
         """
     }
     println('Cleaning up')
@@ -45,3 +46,10 @@ void parameterCheck(String publicationType, String artifactPath) {
         error('publicationType: github does take any argument with it.')
     }
 }
+
+String getNpmTag(String githubTag) {
+    def matcher = githubTag =~ /-(\w+)\./
+    def npmTag = matcher ? matcher[0][1] : 'latest'
+    println("Tagging the release as '${npmTag}'")
+    return npmTag
+}
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