diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
index 28a0d732d4a4..67e701db8f4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 name: Release nightly
 
+# only one per github sha can be run
+concurrency: 
+  group: ${{ github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 on:
   push:
     branches:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a8f7892bac3d..b7b460c79e1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 name: Release
 
+# only one can tun at a time
+concurrency: cd-release
+
 on:
   push:
     branches:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 811578e6f7d8..f6fc29787890 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "benchmark": "lerna run benchmark",
     "cli": "node --trace-deprecation --max-old-space-size=8192 ./packages/cli/bin/lodestar",
     "publish": "lerna publish from-package --yes --no-verify-access",
-    "publish-nightly": "lerna publish --yes --no-verify-access --canary --dist-tag next",
+    "publish-nightly": "lerna publish --yes --no-verify-access --canary --preid next.$(git rev-parse HEAD) --dist-tag next",
     "release": "lerna version --no-push --sign-git-commit",
     "postrelease": "git tag -d $(git describe --abbrev=0)"
   },