diff --git a/.github/workflows/node_sdk_publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/node_sdk_publish.yaml
index 7f03e5f..1a2a429 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node_sdk_publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node_sdk_publish.yaml
@@ -83,9 +83,14 @@ jobs:
           
       - name: Bump version at package.json
         run: |
-          sed -i "s/\"version\": \".*\"/\"version\": \"${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}\"/" package.json
-          cat package.json
-      
+          # Bump only the top-level "version" field. npm is JSON-aware (unlike the
+          # previous greedy sed, which also rewrote scripts.version); no git
+          # tag/commit is created, re-runs on the same version are tolerated, and
+          # the "version" lifecycle script (standard-version) is skipped.
+          npm version "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version --ignore-scripts
+          # Fail fast if the bump ever corrupts the scripts.version lifecycle hook again (the original #89 bug).
+          node -e "if (require('./package.json').scripts.version !== 'standard-version') { console.error('scripts.version was corrupted by the version bump'); process.exit(1); }"
+
       - name: Publish package to NPM
         run: |
           if [[ "${{ github.event.release.prerelease }}" == "true" ]]; then
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c8efff7..c285f68 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "cov:check": "nyc report && nyc check-coverage --lines 100 --functions 100 --branches 100",
     "docs": "typedoc",
     "docs:watch": "typedoc --watch",
-    "version": "2.5.2",
+    "version": "standard-version",
     "reset-hard": "git clean -dfx && git reset --hard && yarn",
     "prepare": "npm run build && husky install",
     "prepare-release": "run-s reset-hard test cov:check doc:html version doc:publish",