diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f993f26bbd..335b672787 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "changeset": "changeset",
     "clean": "rm -rf ./packages/rainbowkit/dist && rm -rf ./packages/rainbowkit-siwe-next-auth/dist && rm -rf ./packages/rainbow-button/dist && rm -rf ./packages/create-rainbowkit/dist && rm -rf ./packages/rainbowkit/node_modules && pnpm install",
     "clean:untracked": "git clean -fxd && pnpm install",
-    "release": "pnpm release:verify-git && pnpm release:build && changeset publish",
+    "release": "pnpm release:verify-git && pnpm release:build && changeset publish --tag legacy-v1",
     "release:verify-git": "git diff --exit-code && git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | grep \"1.x\"",
     "release:build": "pnpm clean && pnpm lint && pnpm test && MINIFY_CSS=true pnpm --recursive --parallel --filter \"!*-app\" build && cp README.md packages/rainbowkit/README.md",
     "release:test": "pnpm release:build && pnpm --filter example dev",