diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 729e8482d7..f31e5f7122 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ Experimental releases and hot-fixes do not need to be branched off of `dev`. Exp
 - Make whatever changes you need and commit them: `git add . && git commit "experimental changes!"`
 - Update version numbers and create a release tag: `yarn run version:experimental`
 - Push to GitHub: `git push origin --follow-tags`
-- Create a new release for the tag on GitHub to trigger the CI workflow that will publish the release to npm
+- The CI workflow should automatically trigger from the experimental tag to publish the release to npm
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 978f9c9542..d2cf1bd74a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
     "test:inspect": "node --inspect-brk ./node_modules/.bin/jest",
     "changeset": "changeset",
     "version": "changeset version",
+    "publish": "node scripts/publish.js",
     "postversion": "node scripts/postversion.mjs",
-    "version:experimental": "node scripts ./scripts/version experimental",
+    "version:experimental": "node ./scripts/version experimental",
     "watch": "rollup -c -w"
   },
   "jest": {
diff --git a/scripts/publish.js b/scripts/publish.js
index 91c638cd8a..fc998b9088 100644
--- a/scripts/publish.js
+++ b/scripts/publish.js
@@ -28,13 +28,7 @@ function getTaggedVersion() {
  * @param {string|number} version
  */
 async function ensureBuildVersion(packageName, version) {
-  let file = path.join(
-    rootDir,
-    "build",
-    "node_modules",
-    packageName,
-    "package.json"
-  );
+  let file = path.join(rootDir, "packages", packageName, "package.json");
   let json = await jsonfile.readFile(file);
   invariant(
     json.version === version,
@@ -47,7 +41,7 @@ async function ensureBuildVersion(packageName, version) {
  * @param {string} tag
  */
 function publishBuild(packageName, tag) {
-  let buildDir = path.join(rootDir, "build", "node_modules", packageName);
+  let buildDir = path.join(rootDir, "packages", packageName);
   console.log();
   console.log(`  npm publish ${buildDir} --tag ${tag} --access public`);
   console.log();
@@ -75,25 +69,32 @@ async function run() {
     );
 
     // 2. Determine the appropriate npm tag to use
-    let tag = semver.prerelease(version) == null ? "latest" : "next";
+    let tag = version.includes("experimental")
+      ? "experimental"
+      : semver.prerelease(version) == null
+      ? "latest"
+      : "pre";
 
     console.log();
     console.log(`  Publishing version ${version} to npm with tag "${tag}"`);
 
     // 3. Ensure build versions match the release version
+    if (version.includes("experimental")) {
+      // FIXME: @remix-run/router is versioned differently and is only handled
+      // for experimental releases here
+      await ensureBuildVersion("router", version);
+    }
     await ensureBuildVersion("react-router", version);
     await ensureBuildVersion("react-router-dom", version);
     await ensureBuildVersion("react-router-dom-v5-compat", version);
     await ensureBuildVersion("react-router-native", version);
-    // FIXME: @remix-run/router is versioned differently and isn't being
-    // validated here
 
     // 4. Publish to npm
+    publishBuild("router", tag);
     publishBuild("react-router", tag);
     publishBuild("react-router-dom", tag);
     publishBuild("react-router-dom-v5-compat", tag);
     publishBuild("react-router-native", tag);
-    publishBuild("@remix-run/router", tag);
   } catch (error) {
     console.log();
     console.error(`  ${error.message}`);
diff --git a/scripts/version.js b/scripts/version.js
index 0895516c89..30497c5c17 100644
--- a/scripts/version.js
+++ b/scripts/version.js
@@ -53,17 +53,22 @@ async function run() {
     let args = process.argv.slice(2);
     let givenVersion = args[0];
     let prereleaseId = args[1];
+    let isExperimental = givenVersion === "experimental";
 
     // 0. Make sure the working directory is clean
     ensureCleanWorkingDirectory();
 
     // 1. Get the next version number
+    let currentRouterVersion = await getPackageVersion("router");
     let currentVersion = await getPackageVersion("react-router");
     let version = semver.valid(givenVersion);
     if (version == null) {
       version = getNextVersion(currentVersion, givenVersion, prereleaseId);
     }
 
+    // We will only bump the router version if this is an experimental
+    let routerVersion = currentRouterVersion;
+
     // 2. Confirm the next version number
     let answer = await prompt(
       `Are you sure you want to bump version ${currentVersion} to ${version}? [Yn] `
@@ -71,15 +76,34 @@ async function run() {
 
     if (answer === false) return 0;
 
+    // We only handle @remix-run/router for experimental since in normal/pre
+    // releases it's versioned independently from the rest of the packages
+    if (isExperimental) {
+      routerVersion = version;
+      // 2.5. Update @remix-run/router version
+      await updatePackageConfig("router", (config) => {
+        config.version = routerVersion;
+      });
+      console.log(
+        chalk.green(`  Updated @remix-run/router to version ${version}`)
+      );
+    }
+
     // 3. Update react-router version
     await updatePackageConfig("react-router", (config) => {
       config.version = version;
+      if (isExperimental) {
+        config.dependencies["@remix-run/router"] = routerVersion;
+      }
     });
     console.log(chalk.green(`  Updated react-router to version ${version}`));
 
     // 4. Update react-router-dom version + react-router dep
     await updatePackageConfig("react-router-dom", (config) => {
       config.version = version;
+      if (isExperimental) {
+        config.dependencies["@remix-run/router"] = routerVersion;
+      }
       config.dependencies["react-router"] = version;
     });
     console.log(
@@ -111,8 +135,15 @@ async function run() {
       if (!stat.isDirectory()) continue;
 
       await updateExamplesPackageConfig(example, (config) => {
-        config.dependencies["react-router"] = version;
-        config.dependencies["react-router-dom"] = version;
+        if (config.dependencies["@remix-run/router"]) {
+          config.dependencies["@remix-run/router"] = routerVersion;
+        }
+        if (config.dependencies["react-router"]) {
+          config.dependencies["react-router"] = version;
+        }
+        if (config.dependencies["react-router-dom"]) {
+          config.dependencies["react-router-dom"] = version;
+        }
       });
     }
 
@@ -120,11 +151,14 @@ async function run() {
     execSync(`git commit --all --message="Version ${version}"`);
     execSync(`git tag -a -m "Version ${version}" v${version}`);
     console.log(chalk.green(`  Committed and tagged version ${version}`));
-    console.log(
-      chalk.red(
-        `  🚨 @remix-run/router isn't handled by this script, do it manually!`
-      )
-    );
+
+    if (givenVersion !== "experimental") {
+      console.log(
+        chalk.red(
+          `  🚨 @remix-run/router isn't handled by this script, do it manually!`
+        )
+      );
+    }
   } catch (error) {
     console.log();
     console.error(chalk.red(`  ${error.message}`));