diff --git a/packages/build/src/npm-packages/bump.ts b/packages/build/src/npm-packages/bump.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38f3f03b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/build/src/npm-packages/bump.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { spawnSync } from '../helpers';
+import { PROJECT_ROOT } from './constants';
+
+export function bumpNpmPackages() {
+  spawnSync('npm', ['run', 'bump-packages'], {
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+    cwd: PROJECT_ROOT,
+    encoding: 'utf8',
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+    },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/build/src/npm-packages/index.ts b/packages/build/src/npm-packages/index.ts
index 4d4931001..c41ed52be 100644
--- a/packages/build/src/npm-packages/index.ts
+++ b/packages/build/src/npm-packages/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export { publishNpmPackages } from './publish';
+export { bumpNpmPackages } from './bump';
diff --git a/packages/build/src/release.ts b/packages/build/src/release.ts
index 2777990c8..b316f0d0a 100644
--- a/packages/build/src/release.ts
+++ b/packages/build/src/release.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from './evergreen';
 import { GithubRepo } from '@mongodb-js/devtools-github-repo';
 import { publishToHomebrew } from './homebrew';
-import { publishNpmPackages } from './npm-packages';
+import { bumpNpmPackages, publishNpmPackages } from './npm-packages';
 import { runPackage } from './packaging';
 import { runDraft } from './run-draft';
 import { runPublish } from './run-publish';
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ export async function release(
     redactConfig(config)
   );
 
+  if (command === 'bump') {
+    // updates the version of internal packages to reflect the tagged one
+    bumpNpmPackages();
+    return;
+  }
+
   const octokit = new Octokit({
     auth: config.githubToken,
   });