diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 254b2a3..5a3b1e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -18,32 +18,27 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'npm'
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build:lib
-      - name: Determine npm dist-tag
-        id: dist-tag
+      - name: Detect pre-release
+        id: meta
         run: |
           VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
-          if [[ "$VERSION" == *-alpha* ]]; then
-            echo "tag=alpha" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          elif [[ "$VERSION" == *-beta* ]]; then
-            echo "tag=beta" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          elif [[ "$VERSION" == *-rc* ]]; then
-            echo "tag=next" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            echo "tag=latest" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          fi
           # Any SemVer pre-release identifier (the hyphen) marks a GitHub pre-release
           if [[ "$VERSION" == *-* ]]; then
             echo "prerelease=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else
             echo "prerelease=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           fi
-      - run: npm publish ./dist/grapesjs-angular --access public --provenance --tag ${{ steps.dist-tag.outputs.tag }}
+      # Pre-1.0: the newest release is what consumers should get by default, so
+      # every tag publishes to the `latest` dist-tag (npm's default). Revisit once
+      # a stable release needs its own pre-release channel — e.g. route betas to
+      # `next` and reserve `latest` for stable.
+      - run: npm publish ./dist/grapesjs-angular --access public --provenance --tag latest
 
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          PRERELEASE: ${{ steps.dist-tag.outputs.prerelease }}
+          PRERELEASE: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.prerelease }}
         run: |
           VERSION="${TAG#v}"
           # Pull this version's section out of CHANGELOG.md (Keep a Changelog format):
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a40e89f..a198194 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ An Angular wrapper for the [GrapesJS](https://grapesjs.com/) web builder framewo
 
 ## Installation
 
-> **Pre-release:** the newest build ships under the npm `beta` dist-tag. Install with `@beta` to get it — a plain `npm install` currently resolves to an older beta.
+> **Pre-release:** the library is in beta — `npm install` gives you the newest beta (the `latest` tag tracks the most recent release until a stable `1.0`).
 
 ```bash
-npm install @ilq/grapesjs-angular@beta grapesjs
+npm install @ilq/grapesjs-angular grapesjs
 ```
 
 Add the GrapesJS CSS to your project: