diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 51c01eb619..0f5f49bbc0 100755
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -33,3 +33,12 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Tests
           command: yarn test && yarn coverage
+
+      # Release next
+      - run:
+          name: Release Next version
+          command: |
+            if [ "${CIRCLE_BRANCH}" == "dev" ]; then
+              echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" >> ~/.npmrc
+              npm run release-next
+            fi
diff --git a/build/release-next.js b/build/release-next.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e34338d755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/release-next.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+const { readFileSync, writeFileSync } = require('fs-extra')
+const { resolve } = require('path')
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process')
+
+// paths
+const packagePath = resolve(__dirname, '..', 'package.json')
+
+// Read original contents of package.json
+const originalPackage = readFileSync(packagePath, 'utf-8')
+
+// Write to backup file
+// writeFileSync(packagePath + '.backup', originalPackage)
+
+// Parse package.json
+const p = JSON.parse(originalPackage)
+
+// Change package name
+p.name = 'nuxt-next'
+
+// Get latest git commit id
+const gitCommit = String(spawnSync('git', 'rev-parse --short HEAD'.split(' ')).stdout).trim()
+
+// Version with git tag
+p.version = p.version.split('-')[0] + '-gh-' + gitCommit
+
+// Write package.json
+writeFileSync(packagePath, JSON.stringify(p, null, 2) + '\r\n')
+
+// Log
+console.log(p.name + '@' + p.version) // eslint-disable-line no-console
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3ce4ddd946..6ce7f64402 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
     "watch": "npm run build:nuxt -- -w",
     "make-start": "node ./build/start.js",
     "precommit": "npm run lint",
-    "prepare": "npm run build && npm run make-start",
-    "postinstall": "opencollective postinstall || exit 0"
+    "postinstall": "opencollective postinstall || exit 0",
+    "release-next": "npm run build && node ./build/release-next && npm publish --tag next"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=6.11",