diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.yml b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
index a459795f..583e76a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
   binary-builds:
     if: >
       startsWith(github.event.release.name, 'homestar-runtime') ||
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.force-publish)
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.force-builds)
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
           include: LICENSE,README.md
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-  npm-publish:
+  npm-publish-arch:
     needs: binary-builds
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
-      - name: Install cargo get
+      - name: Install cargo-get
         run: cargo install cargo-get
       - name: Prepare os/arch packages
         shell: bash
@@ -146,21 +146,22 @@ jobs:
           echo "node_pkg=${node_pkg}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           cd homestar-runtime/npm
           mkdir -p "${node_pkg}/bin"
-          envsubst < package.json.tmpl > "${node_pkg}/package.json"
+          envsubst < package-json-arch.tmpl > "${node_pkg}/package.json"
       - name: Download build artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.target }}
           path: "homestar-runtime/npm/${{ env.node_pkg }}/bin"
-      - name: Publish production
+      - name: Publish arch packages to production
         if: github.event_name == 'release' && github.event.action == 'published'
         run: |
           cp homestar-runtime/README.md "homestar-runtime/npm/${{ env.node_pkg }}"
           cd "homestar-runtime/npm/${{ env.node_pkg }}"
+          chmod +x bin/${{ matrix.bin }}
           npm publish --access=public
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
-      - name: Publish RC
+      - name: Publish arch packages RC
         if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
         run: |
           cp homestar-runtime/README.md "homestar-runtime/npm/${{ env.node_pkg }}"
@@ -171,6 +172,40 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
 
+  npm-publish-main:
+    needs: npm-publish-arch
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+      - name: Install cargo get
+        run: cargo install cargo-get
+      - name: Publish main package to production
+        if: github.event_name == 'release' && github.event.action == 'published'
+        run: |
+          export node_version=$(cargo get workspace.package.version)
+          cp homestar-runtime/README.md homestar-runtime/npm/base
+          cd homestar-runtime/npm
+          envsubst < package-json-base.tmpl > "base/package.json"
+          cd base
+          npm publish --access=public
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
+      - name: Publish main package RC
+        if: (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.force-builds)
+        run: |
+          export node_version="$(cargo get workspace.package.version)-rc.$(date +%s)"
+          cp homestar-runtime/README.md homestar-runtime/npm/base
+          cd homestar-runtime/npm
+          envsubst < package-json-baserc.tmpl > "base/package.json"
+          cd base
+          npm publish --access public --tag rc
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
+
   build-packages:
     needs: binary-builds
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -240,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
   docker-build:
     if: >
       startsWith(github.event.release.name, 'homestar-runtime') ||
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.force-publish)
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.force-builds)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
@@ -267,10 +302,14 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get clean
           sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
 
-      - name: Get Current Version
-        if: (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.force-publish)
+      - name: Install cargo-get
+        if: (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.force-builds)
+        run: cargo install cargo-get
+
+      - name: Set Current Version
+        if: (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.force-builds)
         id: crate-version
-        run: echo version=$(cargo metadata --format-version=1 --no-deps | jq -r '.packages[] | select(.name == "homestar-runtime") | .version') >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        run: echo version=$(cargo get workspace.package.version)-rc.$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
@@ -298,7 +337,7 @@ jobs:
             type=sha
 
       - name: Metadata
-        if: (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.force-publish)
+        if: (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.force-builds)
         id: meta-dispatch
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
         with:
@@ -322,7 +361,7 @@ jobs:
           labels: ${{ steps.meta-release.outputs.labels }}
 
       - name: Docker Build & Push
-        if: (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.force-publish)
+        if: (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.force-builds)
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
           cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
diff --git a/homestar-runtime/npm/base/package-lock.json b/homestar-runtime/npm/base/package-lock.json
deleted file mode 100644
index dcf9b431..00000000
--- a/homestar-runtime/npm/base/package-lock.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,263 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "homestar-runtime",
-  "version": "0.0.8",
-  "lockfileVersion": 3,
-  "requires": true,
-  "packages": {
-    "": {
-      "name": "homestar-runtime",
-      "version": "0.0.8",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "execa": "^8.0.1"
-      },
-      "bin": {
-        "homestar": "index.js"
-      },
-      "optionalDependencies": {
-        "homestar-darwin-arm64": "*",
-        "homestar-darwin-x64": "*",
-        "homestar-linux-arm64": "*",
-        "homestar-linux-x64": "*",
-        "homestar-windows-arm64": "*",
-        "homestar-windows-x64": "*"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/cross-spawn": {
-      "version": "7.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-7.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-iRDPJKUPVEND7dHPO8rkbOnPpyDygcDFtWjpeWNCgy8WP2rXcxXL8TskReQl6OrB2G7+UJrags1q15Fudc7G6w==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "path-key": "^3.1.0",
-        "shebang-command": "^2.0.0",
-        "which": "^2.0.1"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 8"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/execa": {
-      "version": "8.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/execa/-/execa-8.0.1.tgz",
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-        "get-stream": "^8.0.1",
-        "human-signals": "^5.0.0",
-        "is-stream": "^3.0.0",
-        "merge-stream": "^2.0.0",
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-        "strip-final-newline": "^3.0.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=16.17"
-      },
-      "funding": {
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-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/get-stream": {
-      "version": "8.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/get-stream/-/get-stream-8.0.1.tgz",
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-      "engines": {
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-      },
-      "funding": {
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-      }
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-      "cpu": [
-        "arm64"
-      ],
-      "optional": true,
-      "os": [
-        "darwin"
-      ]
-    },
-    "node_modules/homestar-darwin-x64": {
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-        "x64"
-      ],
-      "optional": true,
-      "os": [
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-      ]
-    },
-    "node_modules/homestar-linux-arm64": {
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diff --git a/homestar-runtime/npm/package.json.tmpl b/homestar-runtime/npm/package-json-arch.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from homestar-runtime/npm/package.json.tmpl
rename to homestar-runtime/npm/package-json-arch.tmpl
diff --git a/homestar-runtime/npm/package-json-base.tmpl b/homestar-runtime/npm/package-json-base.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9834ef9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homestar-runtime/npm/package-json-base.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "name": "homestar-runtime",
+  "version": "${node_version}",
+  "description": "The IPVM reference implementation",
+  "author": "Hugo Dias <hugomrdias@gmail.com> (hugodias.me)",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/ipvm-wg/homestar/tree/main/homestar-runtime",
+  "repository": {
+    "url": "ipvm-wg/homestar",
+    "directory": "homestar-runtime"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "homestar",
+    "wasm",
+    "wit",
+    "webassembly",
+    "workflows",
+    "scheduling"
+  ],
+  "bin": {
+    "homestar": "index.js"
+  },
+  "type": "module",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "homestar-darwin-arm64": "${node_version}",
+    "homestar-darwin-x64": "${node_version}",
+    "homestar-linux-arm64": "${node_version}",
+    "homestar-linux-x64": "${node_version}",
+    "homestar-windows-x64": "${node_version}"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "execa": "^8.0.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/homestar-runtime/npm/base/package.json b/homestar-runtime/npm/package-json-baserc.tmpl
similarity index 75%
rename from homestar-runtime/npm/base/package.json
rename to homestar-runtime/npm/package-json-baserc.tmpl
index d5a6669a..7004638a 100644
--- a/homestar-runtime/npm/base/package.json
+++ b/homestar-runtime/npm/package-json-baserc.tmpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "homestar-runtime",
-  "version": "0.0.8",
+  "version": "${node_version}",
   "description": "The IPVM reference implementation",
   "author": "Hugo Dias <hugomrdias@gmail.com> (hugodias.me)",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ipvm-wg/homestar/tree/main/homestar-runtime",
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@
   },
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "homestar-darwin-arm64": "*",
-    "homestar-darwin-x64": "*",
-    "homestar-linux-arm64": "*",
-    "homestar-linux-x64": "*",
-    "homestar-windows-arm64": "*",
-    "homestar-windows-x64": "*"
+    "homestar-darwin-arm64": "rc",
+    "homestar-darwin-x64": "rc",
+    "homestar-linux-arm64": "rc",
+    "homestar-linux-x64": "rc",
+    "homestar-windows-x64": "rc"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "execa": "^8.0.1"