diff --git a/packages/atomic-angular/projects/atomic-angular/project.json b/packages/atomic-angular/projects/atomic-angular/project.json
index 4dc3e293a1c..cb7e638b35e 100644
--- a/packages/atomic-angular/projects/atomic-angular/project.json
+++ b/packages/atomic-angular/projects/atomic-angular/project.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "outputs": [],
       "executor": "nx:run-commands",
       "options": {
-        "command": "node ../../../../scripts/deploy/update-npm-tag.mjs v2-latest",
+        "command": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release promote-npm-prod",
         "cwd": "packages/atomic-angular/projects/atomic-angular"
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/atomic-hosted-page/package.json b/packages/atomic-hosted-page/package.json
index 6ad4353f2e9..35a282020fd 100644
--- a/packages/atomic-hosted-page/package.json
+++ b/packages/atomic-hosted-page/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "validate:definitions": "tsc --noEmit --esModuleInterop --skipLibCheck ./dist/types/components.d.ts",
     "publish:npm": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release npm-publish",
     "publish:bump": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release bump",
-    "promote:npm:latest": "node ../../scripts/deploy/update-npm-tag.mjs v2-latest"
+    "promote:npm:latest": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release promote-npm-prod"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@coveo/bueno": "0.46.3",
diff --git a/packages/atomic-react/package.json b/packages/atomic-react/package.json
index 13d1d80131a..93b7eee9fbd 100644
--- a/packages/atomic-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/atomic-react/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "build:bundles": "concurrently \"npm run build:bundles:esm\" \"npm run build:bundles:cjs\"  \"npm run build:bundles:iife\"",
     "publish:npm": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release npm-publish",
     "publish:bump": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release bump",
-    "promote:npm:latest": "node ../../scripts/deploy/update-npm-tag.mjs v2-latest",
+    "promote:npm:latest": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release promote-npm-prod",
     "build:assets": "ncp ../atomic/dist/atomic/assets dist/assets && ncp ../atomic/dist/atomic/lang dist/lang "
   },
   "main": "./dist/cjs/index.js",
diff --git a/packages/atomic/package.json b/packages/atomic/package.json
index 98931f0b9fa..14ebb1c5e5c 100644
--- a/packages/atomic/package.json
+++ b/packages/atomic/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "e2e:insight:watch": "cypress open --config-file cypress-insight-panel.config.ts --browser chrome",
     "publish:npm": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release npm-publish",
     "publish:bump": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release bump",
-    "promote:npm:latest": "node ../../scripts/deploy/update-npm-tag.mjs v2-latest",
+    "promote:npm:latest": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release promote-npm-prod",
     "validate:definitions": "tsc --noEmit --esModuleInterop --skipLibCheck ./dist/types/components.d.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/bueno/package.json b/packages/bueno/package.json
index 2c3a1243891..6714ba6ad7a 100644
--- a/packages/bueno/package.json
+++ b/packages/bueno/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "test:watch": "jest --watch --colors --no-cache",
     "publish:npm": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release npm-publish",
     "publish:bump": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release bump",
-    "promote:npm:latest": "node ../../scripts/deploy/update-npm-tag.mjs v2-latest"
+    "promote:npm:latest": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release promote-npm-prod"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@coveo/release": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/headless-react/package.json b/packages/headless-react/package.json
index 9106f5c47e8..79a17f6b1e8 100644
--- a/packages/headless-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/headless-react/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint .; publint",
     "publish:npm": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release npm-publish",
     "publish:bump": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release bump",
-    "promote:npm:latest": "node ../../scripts/deploy/update-npm-tag.mjs v2-latest"
+    "promote:npm:latest": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release promote-npm-prod"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@coveo/headless": "2.80.3"
diff --git a/packages/headless/package.json b/packages/headless/package.json
index c18193a8ba2..cabffddab17 100644
--- a/packages/headless/package.json
+++ b/packages/headless/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "test:integration": "jest --testPathPattern=src/integration-tests",
     "publish:npm": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release npm-publish",
     "publish:bump": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release bump",
-    "promote:npm:latest": "node ../../scripts/deploy/update-npm-tag.mjs v2-latest",
+    "promote:npm:latest": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release promote-npm-prod",
     "build:doc": "npm run build:doc:extract && npm run build:doc:parse",
     "build:doc:extract": "node ./scripts/extract-documentation.mjs",
     "build:doc:parse": "ts-node --project ./doc-parser/tsconfig.build.json ./doc-parser/doc-parser.ts"
diff --git a/packages/quantic/package.json b/packages/quantic/package.json
index 277e260c40d..9351064cb33 100644
--- a/packages/quantic/package.json
+++ b/packages/quantic/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "promote:sfdx:ci": "npm run publish:sfdx -- --promote --ci",
     "publish:npm": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release npm-publish",
     "publish:bump": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release bump",
-    "promote:npm:latest": "node ../../scripts/deploy/update-npm-tag.mjs v2-latest",
+    "promote:npm:latest": "npm run-script -w=@coveo/release promote-npm-prod",
     "preinstall": "node scripts/npm/check-sfdx-project.js",
     "postinstall": "node scripts/npm/setup-quantic.js"
   },
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/update-npm-tag.mjs b/scripts/deploy/update-npm-tag.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 50738107cd8..00000000000
--- a/scripts/deploy/update-npm-tag.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-import {execute} from '../exec.mjs';
-import {getPackageManifestFromPackagePath} from '../packages.mjs';
-
-const pkg = getPackageManifestFromPackagePath(process.cwd());
-
-async function updateNpmTag(packageName, version) {
-  const tag = process.argv[2];
-  const latestVersion = await getLatestVersion(packageName);
-
-  if (!isGreaterThanLatestVersion(version, latestVersion)) {
-    console.log(
-      `skipping tag update for ${packageName} because version "${version}" is not greater than latest version "${latestVersion}".`
-    );
-    return;
-  }
-
-  console.log(`updating ${packageName}@${version} to ${tag}.`);
-  await execute('npm', ['dist-tag', 'add', `${packageName}@${version}`, tag]);
-}
-
-async function getLatestVersion(packageName) {
-  const res = await execute('npm', ['view', packageName, 'version']);
-  return res.trim();
-}
-
-function isGreaterThanLatestVersion(version, latestVersion) {
-  const candidate = parseVersion(version);
-  const latest = parseVersion(latestVersion);
-
-  return isCandidateGreaterThanLatestVersion(candidate, latest, 0);
-}
-
-function parseVersion(version) {
-  return version.split('.').map((num) => parseInt(num, 10));
-}
-
-function isCandidateGreaterThanLatestVersion(candidate, latest, i) {
-  if (i >= candidate.length) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  if (candidate[i] === latest[i]) {
-    return isCandidateGreaterThanLatestVersion(candidate, latest, i + 1);
-  }
-
-  return candidate[i] > latest[i];
-}
-
-updateNpmTag(pkg.name, pkg.version);
diff --git a/utils/release/common/constants.mjs b/utils/release/common/constants.mjs
index 7757693463e..66a334baf66 100644
--- a/utils/release/common/constants.mjs
+++ b/utils/release/common/constants.mjs
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ export const RELEASER_AUTH_SECRETS = {
   installationId: process.env.RELEASER_INSTALLATION_ID,
 };
 
+export const NPM_LATEST_TAG = 'v2-latest';
 export const NPM_BETA_TAG = 'v2-beta';
 export const NPM_ALPHA_TAG = 'v2-alpha';
diff --git a/utils/release/package.json b/utils/release/package.json
index 6ce5cb75b02..2ff3e68154e 100644
--- a/utils/release/package.json
+++ b/utils/release/package.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "typescript": "5.4.5"
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "promote-npm-prod": "./promote-npm-tag-to-latest.mjs",
     "git-lock": "./git-lock.mjs",
     "bump": "./bump-package.mjs",
     "npm-publish": "./npm-publish-package.mjs",
diff --git a/utils/release/promote-npm-tag-to-latest.mjs b/utils/release/promote-npm-tag-to-latest.mjs
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..3e33bfa26d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/release/promote-npm-tag-to-latest.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import {describeNpmTag, npmSetTag} from '@coveo/semantic-monorepo-tools';
+import {readFileSync} from 'node:fs';
+import {gt} from 'semver';
+import {NPM_LATEST_TAG} from './common/constants.mjs';
+
+if (!process.env.INIT_CWD) {
+  throw new Error('Should be called using npm run-script');
+}
+process.chdir(process.env.INIT_CWD);
+
+const {name, version} = JSON.parse(
+  readFileSync('package.json', {encoding: 'utf-8'})
+);
+
+const publishedVersion = await describeNpmTag(name, NPM_LATEST_TAG);
+
+if (gt(publishedVersion, version)) {
+  console.log(
+    `skipping tag update for ${name} because version "${version}" is not greater than latest version "${publishedVersion}".`
+  );
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+await npmSetTag(name, version, NPM_LATEST_TAG);