diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2116d01..6b151f3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 	"sideEffects": false,
 	"scripts": {
 		"prepack": "npmignore --auto --commentLines=autogenerated",
+		"prepublish": "not-in-publish || npm run prepublishOnly",
+		"prepublishOnly": "safe-publish-latest",
 		"lint": "eslint --ext=js,mjs .",
 		"pretest": "npm run lint",
 		"tests-only": "tape test/**/*.js | node bin/cmd",
@@ -63,7 +65,9 @@
 		"@ljharb/eslint-config": "^21.0.0",
 		"aud": "^2.0.1",
 		"eslint": "=8.8.0",
-		"npmignore": "^0.3.0"
+		"in-publish": "^2.0.1",
+		"npmignore": "^0.3.0",
+		"safe-publish-latest": "^2.0.0"
 	},
 	"publishConfig": {
 		"ignore": [