diff --git a/scripts/bower/publish.sh b/scripts/bower/publish.sh
index 7af024b78c93..b7505092e441 100755
--- a/scripts/bower/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/bower/publish.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ function prepare {
     cd $TMP_DIR/bower-$repo
     replaceJsonProp "bower.json" "version" ".*" "$NEW_VERSION"
     replaceJsonProp "bower.json" "angular.*" ".*" "$NEW_VERSION"
+    replaceJsonProp "package.json" "version" ".*" "$NEW_VERSION"
+    replaceJsonProp "package.json" "angular.*" ".*" "$NEW_VERSION"
 
     git add -A
 
@@ -90,6 +92,18 @@ function publish {
     cd $TMP_DIR/bower-$repo
     git push origin master
     git push origin v$NEW_VERSION
+
+    # don't publish every build to npm
+    if [ "${NEW_VERSION/+sha}" = "$NEW_VERSION" ] ; then
+      if [ "${NEW_VERSION/-}" = "$NEW_VERSION" ] ; then
+        # publish releases as "latest"
+        npm publish
+      else
+        # publish prerelease builds with the beta tag
+        npm publish --tag=beta
+      fi
+    fi
+
     cd $SCRIPT_DIR
   done
 }