diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b52ea548..8f27d8fc 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "serverless-azure-functions",
-  "version": "1.0.0-5",
+  "version": "1.0.0-6",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a6baa47a..93f61879 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "serverless-azure-functions",
-  "version": "1.0.0-5",
+  "version": "1.0.0-6",
   "description": "Provider plugin for the Serverless Framework v1.x which adds support for Azure Functions.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "./lib/index.js",
diff --git a/scripts/npmVersionBumpPrerelease.sh b/scripts/npmVersionBumpPrerelease.sh
index a3c30ec3..e1951d22 100755
--- a/scripts/npmVersionBumpPrerelease.sh
+++ b/scripts/npmVersionBumpPrerelease.sh
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ git checkout -b npmRelease
 ## configure npm to sign commit
 npm config set sign-git-tag true
 
-version=$(npm version prerelease -m "Bumped to version %s")
+version=$(npm version prerelease -m "release: Bumped to version %s")
 
 echo "Bumped to version ${version}"
 
 # remove git tag, we don't want to tag pr
-git tag -d ${version} 
+git tag -d ${version}
 
 # push to remote
 git push origin npmRelease