diff --git a/packages/widget/package.json b/packages/widget/package.json
index 081511591..66248749a 100644
--- a/packages/widget/package.json
+++ b/packages/widget/package.json
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@
     "build": "rollup --config rollup.config.js",
     "lint": "eslint src --ext .ts",
     "chains:generate": "tsx ./src/scripts/codegen.ts",
-    "postpublish": "git reset --hard",
-    "prepublishOnly": "node scripts/prepublish.js"
+    "postpublish": "git checkout -- package.json",
+    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build && node scripts/prepublish.cjs",
+    "prepack": "npm run build && node scripts/prepublish.cjs",
+    "postpack": "git checkout -- package.json"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "17.x || 18.x",
diff --git a/packages/widget/scripts/prepublish.cjs b/packages/widget/scripts/prepublish.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0e8e7185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/widget/scripts/prepublish.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
+
+const fs = require('fs/promises');
+const path = require('path');
+const packageJson = require('../package.json');
+const coreVersion = require('@skip-go/core/package.json').version;
+
+async function prepublish() {
+  delete packageJson.scripts;
+  delete packageJson.devDependencies;
+  packageJson.dependencies['@skip-go/core'] = coreVersion;
+  const targetPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'package.json');
+  await fs.writeFile(targetPath, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2), {
+    encoding: 'utf-8',
+  });
+}
+
+void prepublish();
diff --git a/packages/widget/scripts/prepublish.js b/packages/widget/scripts/prepublish.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bbd12d0c5..000000000
--- a/packages/widget/scripts/prepublish.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
-
-const fs = require("fs/promises");
-const path = require("path");
-const packageJson = require("../package.json");
-
-async function prepublish() {
-  delete packageJson.scripts;
-  delete packageJson.devDependencies;
-  const targetPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), "package.json");
-  await fs.writeFile(targetPath, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2), {
-    encoding: "utf-8",
-  });
-}
-
-void prepublish();