diff --git a/.changes/config.json b/.changes/config.json
index 75f86d79a030..9d7c751633ab 100644
--- a/.changes/config.json
+++ b/.changes/config.json
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
           "pipe": true
         },
         {
-          "command": "yarn publish --access public --loglevel silly",
+          "command": "yarn publish --access public --loglevel silly --tag v1",
           "dryRunCommand": "npm publish --dry-run --access public",
           "pipe": true
         },
diff --git a/.changes/npm-v1-tag.md b/.changes/npm-v1-tag.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9cc21ad10ccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/npm-v1-tag.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"tauri-cli": patch:changes
+"@tauri-apps/cli": patch:changes
+"@tauri-apps/api": patch:changes
+---
+
+Publish NPM package with the `v1` tag.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-cli-js.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-cli-js.yml
index 295f5fdf50dc..08f2b79d87e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-cli-js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-cli-js.yml
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish
         run: |
           echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" >> ~/.npmrc
-          npm publish
+          npm publish --tag v1
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ORG_NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/tooling/api/package.json b/tooling/api/package.json
index a70ab1a0a2af..0906bf2fd913 100644
--- a/tooling/api/package.json
+++ b/tooling/api/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "rollup -c --configPlugin typescript",
     "npm-pack": "yarn build && cd ./dist && npm pack",
-    "npm-publish": "yarn build && cd ./dist && yarn publish --access public --loglevel silly",
+    "npm-publish": "yarn build && cd ./dist && yarn publish --access public --loglevel silly --tag v1",
     "ts:check": "tsc -noEmit",
     "lint": "eslint --ext ts \"./src/**/*.ts\"",
     "lint:fix": "eslint --fix --ext ts \"./src/**/*.ts\"",