diff --git a/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/README.md b/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/README.md
index 89217c2af8e..4293bb961cf 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/README.md
+++ b/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/README.md
@@ -522,13 +522,19 @@ Build all distributable [SDK packages](#sdk-packages) into `dist` directory:
 yarn build
 ```
 
+Set the version in all dist packages (the source `package.json` uses a placeholder version):
+
+```sh
+yarn set-dist-version <version>
+```
+
 Finally, publish relevant packages to [npm registry](https://www.npmjs.com/):
 
 ```sh
-yarn publish dist/<pkg> --no-git-tag-version --new-version <version>
+npm publish ./dist/<pkg>
 ```
 
-If the given package doesn't exist in npm registry, add `--access public` to `yarn publish` command.
+If the given package doesn't exist in npm registry, add `--access public` to `npm publish`.
 
 If the newly published version comes before the latest published version in terms of semver rules
 (e.g. hotfix release 1.0.2 for an older minor version stream 1.0.x), ensure the `latest` dist-tag
diff --git a/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/package.json b/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/package.json
index ddc25c75bfa..43548bdc16d 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/package.json
+++ b/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "generate-schema": "yarn ts-node scripts/generate-schema.ts",
     "generate-doc": "yarn ts-node scripts/generate-doc.ts",
     "generate-pkg-assets": "yarn ts-node scripts/generate-pkg-assets.ts",
+    "set-dist-version": "sh -c 'for pkg in core internal webpack; do npm version --no-git-tag-version --prefix dist/$pkg $0; done'",
     "validate": "yarn ts-node scripts/validate-extensions.ts",
     "ts-node": "../../node_modules/.bin/ts-node -O '{\"module\":\"commonjs\"}'"
   },
diff --git a/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/scripts/package-definitions.ts b/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/scripts/package-definitions.ts
index 317f6bf5fb9..ecf4f88050c 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/scripts/package-definitions.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk/scripts/package-definitions.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { resolvePath } from './utils/path';
 type GeneratedPackage = {
   /** Package output directory. */
   outDir: string;
-  /** Package manifest. Note: `version` is updated via the publish script. */
+  /** Package manifest. Note: `version` must be set before publishing. */
   manifest: PackageJson;
   /** Additional files or directories to copy to the package output directory. */
   filesToCopy: Record<string, string>;