diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 155ee99f..19c9bd70 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -339,10 +339,15 @@ e.g:
 Before releasing, the following steps must be completed:
 
 1. Schedule a code freeze
-2. Decide what version bump the package needs (major, minor, or patch)
+2. Decide what type of version bump the package needs
+   - `yarn release <new-version>`
    - `yarn release major`
    - `yarn release minor`
    - `yarn release patch`
+   - `yarn release premajor --pre <dist-tag>`
+   - `yarn release preminor --pre <dist-tag>`
+   - `yarn release prepatch --pre <dist-tag>`
+   - `yarn release prerelease --pre <dist-tag>`
 3. Open a new PR from `release/*` into `main`
    - do **not** change the PR title
      - should match `release: <package.json#name>@<new-version>`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 47c60d31..e2adef55 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
     "tsconfig": "7.0.0",
     "tsconfig-paths": "4.0.0",
     "unbuild": "0.7.6",
+    "version-bump-prompt": "6.1.0",
     "vite-tsconfig-paths": "3.5.0",
     "vitest": "0.20.3",
     "vitest-github-actions-reporter": "0.8.1",
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index c96b4532..5b3d7968 100644
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # References:
 #
-# - https://yarnpkg.com/cli/version
+# - https://github.com/JS-DevTools/version-bump-prompt#usage
 # - https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/tree/master/packages/conventional-changelog-cli
 
 # 1. run tests
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # 9. push release branch to origin
 
 yarn test
-yarn version -i $@
+bump $@
 conventional-changelog -n ./changelog.config.json -i CHANGELOG.md -s
 VERSION=$(fx package.json '.version')
 RELEASE_BRANCH=release/$VERSION
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5f887c6c..6086f558 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
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