diff --git a/packages/tools/.yarnrc b/packages/tools/.yarnrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63ebe16cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/.yarnrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+version-tag-prefix packages-tools-v
+version-git-message "packages-tools v%s"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/tools/package.json b/packages/tools/package.json
index 5ddc53619..16a52b61c 100644
--- a/packages/tools/package.json
+++ b/packages/tools/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     "prepare": "yarn build",
     "build": "tsc",
     "start": "tsc --watch",
-    "test": "jest"
+    "test": "jest",
+    "prepublishOnly": "yarn build"
   },
   "files": [
     "lib"