diff --git a/.github/workflows/experimental.yml b/.github/workflows/experimental.yml
index 8edc2c417..99b346d04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/experimental.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/experimental.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
                       ${{ runner.os }}-node-
 
             - run: yarn
-            - run: npm run set-experimental-verisons
+            - run: npm run set-experimental-versions
             - run: npm run build
             - run: npm run test
             - run: npm publish --tag experimental --dry-run
diff --git a/packages/dockview-core/package.json b/packages/dockview-core/package.json
index dd99ceeb3..03c7637fb 100644
--- a/packages/dockview-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/dockview-core/package.json
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
     "docs": "typedoc",
     "rebuild": "npm run clean && npm run build",
     "test": "cross-env ../../node_modules/.bin/jest --selectProjects dockview-core",
-    "test:cov": "cross-env ../../node_modules/.bin/jest --selectProjects dockview-core --coverage",
-    "dev-publish": "node ./scripts/publishExperimental.js"
+    "test:cov": "cross-env ../../node_modules/.bin/jest --selectProjects dockview-core --coverage"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist",
diff --git a/packages/dockview-core/scripts/publishExperimental.js b/packages/dockview-core/scripts/publishExperimental.js
deleted file mode 100644
index efd1b8e2d..000000000
--- a/packages/dockview-core/scripts/publishExperimental.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-const cp = require('child_process');
-const fs = require('fs-extra');
-const path = require('path');
-
-const rootDir = path.join(__dirname, '..');
-const publishDir = path.join(rootDir, '__publish__');
-
-cp.execSync('npm run clean', { cwd: rootDir, stdio: 'inherit' });
-cp.execSync('npm run test', { cwd: __dirname, stdio: 'inherit' });
-cp.execSync('npm run build', { cwd: rootDir, stdio: 'inherit' });
-
-if (fs.existsSync(publishDir)) {
-    fs.removeSync(publishDir);
-}
-fs.mkdirSync(publishDir);
-
-if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(publishDir, 'dist'))) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(publishDir, 'dist'));
-}
-
-const package = JSON.parse(
-    fs.readFileSync(path.join(rootDir, 'package.json')).toString()
-);
-
-for (const file of package.files) {
-    fs.copySync(path.join(rootDir, file), path.join(publishDir, file));
-}
-
-const result = cp
-    .execSync('git rev-parse --short HEAD', {
-        cwd: rootDir,
-    })
-    .toString()
-    .replace(/\n/g, '');
-
-function formatDate() {
-    const date = new Date();
-
-    function pad(value) {
-        if (value.toString().length === 1) {
-            return `0${value}`;
-        }
-        return value;
-    }
-
-    return `${date.getFullYear()}${pad(date.getMonth() + 1)}${pad(
-        date.getDate()
-    )}`;
-}
-
-package.version = `0.0.0-experimental-${result}-${formatDate()}`;
-package.scripts = {};
-
-fs.writeFileSync(
-    path.join(publishDir, 'package.json'),
-    JSON.stringify(package, null, 4)
-);
-
-const command = 'npm publish --tag experimental';
-
-cp.execSync(command, { cwd: publishDir, stdio: 'inherit' });
-
-fs.removeSync(publishDir);
diff --git a/packages/dockview/package.json b/packages/dockview/package.json
index 5e4dc2edd..47ba0ea81 100644
--- a/packages/dockview/package.json
+++ b/packages/dockview/package.json
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run rebuild && npm run test",
     "rebuild": "npm run clean && npm run build",
     "test": "cross-env ../../node_modules/.bin/jest --selectProjects dockview",
-    "test:cov": "cross-env ../../node_modules/.bin/jest --selectProjects dockview --coverage",
-    "dev-publish": "node ./scripts/publishExperimental.js"
+    "test:cov": "cross-env ../../node_modules/.bin/jest --selectProjects dockview --coverage"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist",
diff --git a/packages/dockview/scripts/publishExperimental.js b/packages/dockview/scripts/publishExperimental.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f6aa3dea1..000000000
--- a/packages/dockview/scripts/publishExperimental.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-const cp = require('child_process');
-const fs = require('fs-extra');
-const path = require('path');
-
-const rootDir = path.join(__dirname, '..');
-const publishDir = path.join(rootDir, '__publish__');
-
-cp.execSync('npm run clean', { cwd: rootDir, stdio: 'inherit' });
-cp.execSync('npm run test', { cwd: __dirname, stdio: 'inherit' });
-cp.execSync('npm run build', { cwd: rootDir, stdio: 'inherit' });
-
-if (fs.existsSync(publishDir)) {
-    fs.removeSync(publishDir);
-}
-fs.mkdirSync(publishDir);
-
-if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(publishDir, 'dist'))) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(publishDir, 'dist'));
-}
-
-const package = JSON.parse(
-    fs.readFileSync(path.join(rootDir, 'package.json')).toString()
-);
-
-for (const file of package.files) {
-    fs.copySync(path.join(rootDir, file), path.join(publishDir, file));
-}
-
-const result = cp
-    .execSync('git rev-parse --short HEAD', {
-        cwd: rootDir,
-    })
-    .toString()
-    .replace(/\n/g, '');
-
-function formatDate() {
-    const date = new Date();
-
-    function pad(value) {
-        if (value.toString().length === 1) {
-            return `0${value}`;
-        }
-        return value;
-    }
-
-    return `${date.getFullYear()}${pad(date.getMonth() + 1)}${pad(
-        date.getDate()
-    )}`;
-}
-
-package.version = `0.0.0-experimental-${result}-${formatDate()}`;
-package.dependencies['dockview-core'] = package.version;
-package.scripts = {};
-
-fs.writeFileSync(
-    path.join(publishDir, 'package.json'),
-    JSON.stringify(package, null, 4)
-);
-
-const command = 'npm publish --tag experimental';
-
-cp.execSync(command, { cwd: publishDir, stdio: 'inherit' });
-
-fs.removeSync(publishDir);
diff --git a/scripts/set-experimental-versions.js b/scripts/set-experimental-versions.js
index 4ae911dc2..537812f5f 100644
--- a/scripts/set-experimental-versions.js
+++ b/scripts/set-experimental-versions.js
@@ -59,3 +59,13 @@ dockviewPackageJson.version = version;
 dockviewPackageJson.dependencies['dockview-core'] = dockviewPackageJson.version;
 
 fs.writeFileSync(dockviewPath, JSON.stringify(dockviewPackageJson, null, 4));
+
+// sanity check
+
+const dvCore = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(dockviewCorePath).toString());
+const dv = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(dockviewPath).toString());
+
+console.log(`dockview-core version: ${dvCore.version}`);
+console.log(
+    `dockview version: ${dv.version} dockview-core dependency version: ${dv.dependencies['dockview-core']}`
+);