diff --git a/.github/workflows/prod-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prod-release.yml
index c0e650243..c89b3cb4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prod-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prod-release.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
         description: '[Optional] Override semantic versioning with explict version (allowed values: "patch", "minor", "major", or explicit version)'
         default: ''
       dist_tag:
-        description: 'NPM distribution tag'
+        description: 'NPM dist-tag to publish under; leave empty to publish without an explicit dist-tag'
         required: false
         default: 'latest'
 
@@ -109,10 +109,16 @@ jobs:
         run: npm install -g npm@latest
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build --if-present
-      - run: npx lerna publish from-package --yes --dist-tag "$DIST_TAG"
+      - name: Publish
         env:
           NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
           DIST_TAG: ${{ github.event.inputs.dist_tag }}
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "$DIST_TAG" ]; then
+            npx lerna publish from-package --yes --concurrency 1 --dist-tag "$DIST_TAG"
+          else
+            npx lerna publish from-package --yes --concurrency 1
+          fi
 
   # Once publishing is complete, validate that the published packages are useable
   validate:
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 007216541..56e3a0456 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13785,6 +13785,18 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/lerna/node_modules/@types/node": {
+      "version": "26.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-26.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nxAkRSVkN1Y0JC1W8ky/fTfkGsMmcrRsbx+3XoZE+rMOX71kLYTV7fLXpqud1GpbpP5TuffXFqfX7fH2GgZREw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "optional": true,
+      "peer": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "undici-types": "~8.3.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/lerna/node_modules/argparse": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-2.0.1.tgz",
@@ -20943,6 +20955,15 @@
         "node": ">=18.17"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/undici-types": {
+      "version": "8.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-8.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-j375ScV60dom+YkPFIfTLcOiPxkN/buHz5GobjLhixFuANaNs3C9l4GmrWqejgXWJ7BbJcFYpTEUkS1Ge8bpZQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "optional": true,
+      "peer": true
+    },
     "node_modules/universal-user-agent": {
       "version": "6.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universal-user-agent/-/universal-user-agent-6.0.1.tgz",