diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 050406aa09ac1..752eefc7b57ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: npx hereby lkg
       - run: |
+          node ./scripts/addPackageJsonGitHead.mjs package.json
           npm pack
           mv typescript*.tgz typescript.tgz
           echo "package=$PWD/typescript.tgz" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/insiders.yaml b/.github/workflows/insiders.yaml
index 4177abaeb8ae8..a9fddaca3c6a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/insiders.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/insiders.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           npm ci
           npx hereby configure-insiders
           npx hereby LKG
+          node ./scripts/addPackageJsonGitHead.mjs package.json
           npm publish --tag insiders
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.npm_token}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
index 9efb90fa34a31..eceacd03e0e8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           npm ci
           npx hereby configure-nightly
           npx hereby LKG
+          node ./scripts/addPackageJsonGitHead.mjs package.json
           npm publish --tag next
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.npm_token}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-branch-artifact.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-branch-artifact.yaml
index 9b48afa7f0941..7e7a165b2d9a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-branch-artifact.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-branch-artifact.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           npx hereby LKG
           npx hereby clean
+          node ./scripts/addPackageJsonGitHead.mjs package.json
           npm pack ./
           mv typescript-*.tgz typescript.tgz
       - name: Upload built tarfile
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.release.yml b/azure-pipelines.release.yml
index 54684eafbbbed..64e2da5f5b8e8 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.release.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.release.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ extends:
               - script: |
                   npx hereby LKG
                   npx hereby clean
+                  node ./scripts/addPackageJsonGitHead.mjs package.json
                   npm pack
                 displayName: 'LKG, clean, pack'
 
diff --git a/scripts/addPackageJsonGitHead.mjs b/scripts/addPackageJsonGitHead.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7d4931edfadbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/addPackageJsonGitHead.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { execFileSync } from "child_process";
+import {
+    readFileSync,
+    writeFileSync,
+} from "fs";
+import {
+    dirname,
+    resolve,
+} from "path";
+
+const packageJsonFilePath = process.argv[2];
+if (!packageJsonFilePath) {
+    console.error("Usage: node addPackageJsonGitHead.mjs <package.json location>");
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const packageJsonValue = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonFilePath, "utf8"));
+
+const cwd = dirname(resolve(packageJsonFilePath));
+const gitHead = execFileSync("git", ["rev-parse", "HEAD"], { cwd, encoding: "utf8" }).trim();
+
+packageJsonValue.gitHead = gitHead;
+
+writeFileSync(packageJsonFilePath, JSON.stringify(packageJsonValue, undefined, 4) + "\n");
diff --git a/scripts/configurePrerelease.mjs b/scripts/configurePrerelease.mjs
index 762d1b7312165..80b7ce1a9a417 100644
--- a/scripts/configurePrerelease.mjs
+++ b/scripts/configurePrerelease.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import assert from "assert";
-import { execFileSync } from "child_process";
 import {
     readFileSync,
     writeFileSync,
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ const __filename = url.fileURLToPath(new URL(import.meta.url));
     name: string;
     version: string;
     keywords: string[];
-    gitHead?: string;
 }} PackageJson
  */
 
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ function main() {
     // Finally write the changes to disk.
     // Modify the package.json structure
     packageJsonValue.version = `${majorMinor}.${prereleasePatch}`;
-    packageJsonValue.gitHead = execFileSync("git", ["rev-parse", "HEAD"], { encoding: "utf8" }).trim();
     writeFileSync(packageJsonFilePath, JSON.stringify(packageJsonValue, /*replacer:*/ undefined, /*space:*/ 4));
     writeFileSync(tsFilePath, modifiedTsFileContents);
 }