diff --git a/lib/prepare.js b/lib/prepare.js
index d232eb21..e96ec807 100644
--- a/lib/prepare.js
+++ b/lib/prepare.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module.exports = async (npmrc, {tarballDir, pkgRoot}, {cwd, env, stdout, stderr,
 
   const versionResult = execa(
     'npm',
-    ['version', version, '--userconfig', npmrc, '--no-git-tag-version', '--allow-same-version'],
+    ['version', version, '--userconfig', npmrc, '--no-git-tag-version', '--allow-same-version', '--workspaces=false'],
     {
       cwd: basePath,
       env,