diff --git a/development/makefiles/target-npm-publish.mk b/development/makefiles/target-npm-publish.mk
index d2c19e7206ee54d9f84a04c54becf169a782ea62..d7f8b391edbf1eecc59b624f479d238e2ad57ba8 100644
--- a/development/makefiles/target-npm-publish.mk
+++ b/development/makefiles/target-npm-publish.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ## release major version of package
 npm-publish-major:
 	$(ECHOMARKER) "release major version"
-	$(QUIET) $(MAKE) next-major-version
+	$(QUIET) $(MAKE) tag-major-version
 	$(QUIET) $(MAKE) node-build
 	$(QUIET) $(MAKE) node-test
 	$(QUIET) $(NPM) --prefix $(NODE_ROOT_DIR) run publish
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ npm-publish-major:
 ## release minor version of package
 npm-publish-minor: 
 	$(ECHOMARKER) "release minor version"
-	$(QUIET) $(MAKE) next-minor-version
+	$(QUIET) $(MAKE) tag-minor-version
 	$(QUIET) $(MAKE) node-build
 	$(QUIET) $(MAKE) node-test
 	$(QUIET) $(NPM) --prefix $(NODE_ROOT_DIR) run publish
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ npm-publish-minor:
 ## release patch version of package
 npm-publish-patch:
 	$(ECHOMARKER) "release patch version"
-	$(QUIET) $(MAKE) next-patch-version
+	$(QUIET) $(MAKE) tag-patch-version
 	$(QUIET) $(MAKE) node-build
 	$(QUIET) $(MAKE) node-test
 	$(QUIET) $(NPM) --prefix $(NODE_ROOT_DIR) run publish
diff --git a/development/makefiles/target-version.mk b/development/makefiles/target-version.mk
index b68287b453726a26e8eb7933a633c64279596d10..71c274d585d03cd082ed39ba7bd8a93973f0f196 100644
--- a/development/makefiles/target-version.mk
+++ b/development/makefiles/target-version.mk
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ tag-patch-version: $(GIT_CHGLOG_CONFIG_DIR)/config.yml $(GIT_CHGLOG_CONFIG_DIR)/
 	$(QUIET) $(GIT) tag -a v$(PROJECT_VERSION) -m "Version $(PROJECT_VERSION)"
 
 ## tag repository with next minor version
-tag-minor-version: $(GIT_CHGLOG_CONFIG_DIR)/config.yml $(GIT_CHGLOG_CONFIG_DIR)/CHANGELOG.tpl.md next-patch-version next-minor-version 
+tag-minor-version: $(GIT_CHGLOG_CONFIG_DIR)/config.yml $(GIT_CHGLOG_CONFIG_DIR)/CHANGELOG.tpl.md next-minor-version 
 	$(ECHOMARKER)  "Tagging minor version"
 	$(eval PROJECT_VERSION := $(shell cat $(RELEASE_FILE) | jq -r .version))
 	$(GIT_CHGLOG_BIN) --next-tag v$(PROJECT_VERSION) -o $(CHANGELOG_FILE)
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ tag-minor-version: $(GIT_CHGLOG_CONFIG_DIR)/config.yml $(GIT_CHGLOG_CONFIG_DIR)/
 	$(QUIET) $(GIT) tag -a v$(PROJECT_VERSION) -m "Version $(PROJECT_VERSION)"
 
 ## tag repository with next major version
-tag-major-version: $(GIT_CHGLOG_CONFIG_DIR)/config.yml $(GIT_CHGLOG_CONFIG_DIR)/CHANGELOG.tpl.md next-patch-version next-major-version 
+tag-major-version: $(GIT_CHGLOG_CONFIG_DIR)/config.yml $(GIT_CHGLOG_CONFIG_DIR)/CHANGELOG.tpl.md next-major-version 
 	$(ECHOMARKER)  "Tagging major version"
 	$(eval PROJECT_VERSION := $(shell cat $(RELEASE_FILE) | jq -r .version))
 	$(GIT_CHGLOG_BIN) --next-tag v$(PROJECT_VERSION) -o $(CHANGELOG_FILE)