diff --git a/nx.json b/nx.json
index a296a8083a8b6b..f2ad67b5719179 100644
--- a/nx.json
+++ b/nx.json
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@
       "versionActionsOptions": {
         "currentVersionResolver": "registry",
         "currentVersionResolverMetadata": {
-          "tag": "next"
-        },
-        "preid": "rc"
+          "tag": "latest"
+        }
       },
       "useLegacyVersioning": false
     }
diff --git a/packages/nx-release-version/index.js b/packages/nx-release-version/index.js
index c5b3cbbbfe837c..9b636a5fa16c44 100644
--- a/packages/nx-release-version/index.js
+++ b/packages/nx-release-version/index.js
@@ -79,22 +79,25 @@ const afterAllProjectsVersioned = async (cwd, opts) => {
   const changedFiles = [...baseResult.changedFiles];
   const deletedFiles = [...baseResult.deletedFiles];
 
-  try {
-    // Create the .rnm-publish file to indicate versioning has occurred
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(REPO_ROOT, '.rnm-publish'), '');
+  // Only update React Native artifacts if versioning actually happened
+  if (changedFiles.length > 0) {
+    try {
+      // Create the .rnm-publish file to indicate versioning has occurred
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(REPO_ROOT, '.rnm-publish'), '');
 
-    // Update React Native artifacts
-    const versionedFiles = await runSetVersion();
+      // Update React Native artifacts
+      const versionedFiles = await runSetVersion();
 
-    // Add the versioned files to changed files
-    changedFiles.push(...versionedFiles);
+      // Add the versioned files to changed files
+      changedFiles.push(...versionedFiles);
 
-    console.log('✅ Updated React Native artifacts');
-    console.table(versionedFiles.map(file => path.relative(REPO_ROOT, file)));
-  } catch (error) {
-    const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-    console.error(`❌ Failed to update React Native artifacts: ${errorMessage}`);
-    throw error;
+      console.log('✅ Updated React Native artifacts');
+      console.table(versionedFiles.map(file => path.relative(REPO_ROOT, file)));
+    } catch (error) {
+      const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+      console.error(`❌ Failed to update React Native artifacts: ${errorMessage}`);
+      throw error;
+    }
   }
 
   return {