diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e0e73e48..46a664d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 18.x
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
 
       - name: Fetch library artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
@@ -272,24 +273,18 @@ jobs:
           LIB_INDY_VDR_PATH: ../../../
         run: yarn test
 
-      - name: Set NPM config
-        if: |
-          github.event_name == 'release' ||
-          (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.publish-wrappers == 'true')
-        run: |
-          echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}" >> .npmrc
-          echo "registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/" >> .npmrc
-          echo "always-auth=true" >> .npmrc
-
-      # TODO: this will currently publish the version as defined in the package.json. If the version already
-      # exists on NPM it will skip the publishing. This means if a new version is released, but the version hasn't been
-      # updated in the package.json files yet, it won't publish to NPM (which is kinda nice). We should however add a check
-      # to see if the JS version matches the release version (do we want to keep the js and rust version in sync?)
       - name: Publish
         if: |
           github.event_name == 'release' ||
           (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.publish-wrappers == 'true')
-        run: npx lerna publish from-package --no-push --no-private --yes --no-git-tag-version
+        run: |
+          if [[ $(cat lerna.json | grep version | head -1 | grep dev) ]]; then
+            npx lerna publish from-package --no-push --no-private --yes --no-git-tag-version --dist-tag=alpha
+          else
+            npx lerna publish from-package --no-push --no-private --yes --no-git-tag-version
+          fi
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 
   build-ios:
     name: Build library (iOS)
diff --git a/wrappers/javascript/.eslintrc.js b/wrappers/javascript/.eslintrc.js
index cede0fd0..e1672916 100644
--- a/wrappers/javascript/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/wrappers/javascript/.eslintrc.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   overrides: [
     {
-      files: ['arch.js', 'platform.js'],
+      files: ['**/scripts/*.js'],
       env: {
         node: true,
       },
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ module.exports = {
         '@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment': 'off',
         'no-console': 'off',
         '@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires': 'off',
+        '@typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions': 'off',
       },
     },
     {
diff --git a/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-nodejs/package.json b/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-nodejs/package.json
index fbc0e00c..73afc524 100644
--- a/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-nodejs/package.json
+++ b/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-nodejs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperledger/indy-vdr-nodejs",
-  "version": "0.2.0-dev.2",
+  "version": "0.2.0-dev.3",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "description": "Nodejs wrapper for Indy Vdr",
   "source": "src/index",
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -rf ./build",
     "compile": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "test": "jest",
-    "install": "node-pre-gyp install --target_arch=$(node scripts/arch.js) --target_platform=$(node scripts/platform.js)"
+    "install": "node scripts/install.js"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.12.9",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "typescript": "~4.9.4"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@hyperledger/indy-vdr-shared": "0.2.0-dev.2",
+    "@hyperledger/indy-vdr-shared": "0.2.0-dev.3",
     "@mapbox/node-pre-gyp": "^1.0.10",
     "@2060.io/ffi-napi": "4.0.8",
     "@2060.io/ref-napi": "3.0.6",
diff --git a/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-nodejs/scripts/arch.js b/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-nodejs/scripts/arch.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ab046ce3..00000000
--- a/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-nodejs/scripts/arch.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-const os = require('os')
-
-// Find appropriate target architecture for retrieving the anoncreds library
-const arch = os.arch()
-const platform = os.platform()
-
-// Architecture mapping
-// This is used because node-pre-gyp uses `os.arch()` for
-// architecture detection, but our library uses a different
-// naming convention
-const archTable = {
-  x64: 'x86_64',
-  arm64: 'aarch64',
-}
-
-const targetArchitecture = platform == 'darwin' ? 'universal' : archTable[arch]
-
-if (targetArchitecture) {
-  // We console.log here because when we use the `yarn install` script
-  // er evaluate this script and use the output as an argument to
-  // node-pre-gyp as `--arch=$(node -e arch.js)`
-  console.log(targetArchitecture)
-}
diff --git a/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-nodejs/scripts/install.js b/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-nodejs/scripts/install.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..468e8f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-nodejs/scripts/install.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const { execSync } = require('node:child_process')
+const { arch, platform } = require('os')
+
+const archTable = {
+  x64: 'x86_64',
+  arm64: 'aarch64',
+}
+
+const targetPlatform = platform() === 'win32' ? 'windows' : platform()
+const targetArchitecture = archTable[arch()]
+
+const command = `node-pre-gyp install --target_arch=${targetArchitecture} --target_platform=${targetPlatform}`
+
+execSync(command)
diff --git a/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-nodejs/scripts/platform.js b/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-nodejs/scripts/platform.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e521f2e0..00000000
--- a/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-nodejs/scripts/platform.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-const os = require('os')
-
-// Find appropriate target architecture for retrieving the anoncreds library
-const platform = os.platform()
-
-// We swap win32 with windows as that is the key that we use
-const targetPlatform = platform == 'win32' ? 'windows' : platform
-
-console.log(targetPlatform)
diff --git a/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-react-native/package.json b/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-react-native/package.json
index 2aa037ba..4400aabc 100644
--- a/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-react-native/package.json
+++ b/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-react-native/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperledger/indy-vdr-react-native",
-  "version": "0.2.0-dev.2",
+  "version": "0.2.0-dev.3",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "description": "React Native wrapper for Indy Vdr",
   "source": "src/index",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "install": "node-pre-gyp install"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@hyperledger/indy-vdr-shared": "0.2.0-dev.2",
+    "@hyperledger/indy-vdr-shared": "0.2.0-dev.3",
     "@mapbox/node-pre-gyp": "^1.0.10"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-shared/package.json b/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-shared/package.json
index 5c8ea519..17b4758b 100644
--- a/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-shared/package.json
+++ b/wrappers/javascript/indy-vdr-shared/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperledger/indy-vdr-shared",
-  "version": "0.2.0-dev.2",
+  "version": "0.2.0-dev.3",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "description": "Shared library for using Indy VDR with NodeJS and React Native",
   "main": "build/index",
diff --git a/wrappers/javascript/lerna.json b/wrappers/javascript/lerna.json
index 378961ce..85ae8f2f 100644
--- a/wrappers/javascript/lerna.json
+++ b/wrappers/javascript/lerna.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
+  "$schema": "node_modules/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json",
   "packages": ["indy-vdr-*"],
-  "version": "0.2.0-dev.2",
+  "version": "0.2.0-dev.3",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "command": {
     "version": {
       "allowBranch": "main"
     }
-  },
-  "$schema": "node_modules/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json"
+  }
 }