diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8cbf095441..1c4aae2ba7 100755
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
               echo "//registry.yarnpkg.com/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" >> ~/.npmrc
               yarn lerna version --yes --no-git-tag-version --no-push
               PACKAGE_SUFFIX=edge yarn build
-              if [ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" = "next" ]; then tag="-t next"; fi
+              if [ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" = "next" ]; then tag="--tag next"; fi
               ./scripts/workspace-run npm publish $tag -q
             fi