diff --git a/scripts/publish.js b/scripts/publish.js
index a954b61a69..f71fa5f609 100755
--- a/scripts/publish.js
+++ b/scripts/publish.js
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ changedPackages.forEach(function (name) {
 
   // push to be git committed
   changedFiles.push(pkgLoc);
-
-  // prepublish script
-  var prePub = loc + "/scripts/prepublish.js";
-  if (fs.existsSync(prePub)) require(prePub);
 });
 
 changedFiles.forEach(function (loc) {
@@ -112,6 +108,12 @@ exec("git push --tags", true);
 
 exec("make build-dist");
 
+changedPackages.forEach(function (name) {
+  // prepublish script
+  var prePub = getPackageLocation(name) + "/scripts/prepublish.js";
+  if (fs.existsSync(prePub)) require(prePub);
+});
+
 changedPackages.forEach(function (name) {
   var loc = getPackageLocation(name);
   exec("cd " + loc + " && npm publish", true);