diff --git a/DEVELOPER.md b/DEVELOPER.md
index e8e69c65..23677ef8 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER.md
+++ b/DEVELOPER.md
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ You may need to have the following:
 ## Release
 
 ```sh
+# Change to `lib` directory
+cd lib
+
 # this will create a new version and push to remote repository
 npm version [<newversion> | major | minor | patch]
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 025c1bf7..7fddb11d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "demo:test-ci": "ng test --no-watch --no-progress --browsers=ChromeHeadless",
     "lib:schematics:build": "rimraf dist/lib/schematics && tsc -p lib/schematics/tsconfig.json && copyfiles lib/schematics/{src/collection.json,src/ng-add/schema.json} dist",
     "demo:build:prod": "npm run clean && ng build angular-datatables-demo --configuration production --base-href=/angular-datatables",
-    "version": "npm run build && git add -A",
+    "version": "npm run build:lib && git add -A",
     "postversion": "git push && git push --tags"
   },
   "keywords": [