diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8e15f188..3b47901c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -113,9 +113,17 @@ Versioning and releases
 
 This library has its version automatically updated by Lerna (i.e., ``lerna version``) using semantic-versioning under-the-hood when the release is published to npm. Lerna is configured to use independent versioning with conventional commits, as opposed to keeping all package versions in sync.
 
-When a PR is merged, Lerna creates a release commit (e.g., ``chore(release): publish``). In this commit, Lerna increments the versions in the appropriate package.json files for any changed packages, creates Git tags, and updates the CHANGELOG file.
+When a PR is merged, you must manually run Lerna to create a release commit (e.g., ``chore(release): publish``). In this commit, Lerna increments the versions in the appropriate package.json files for any changed packages, creates Git tags, and updates the CHANGELOG file.
+To create this commit:
+::
+
+    npm run lerna:version
+    git push --set-upstream origin automation/lerna/version
+    git push —-tags
+
+Once you have pushed the release commit and tag, you create a new PR from your branch ``automation/lerna/version`` in this example. Once the PR is open review and merge.
 
-To publish the packages that had their versions incremented, you must manually trigger the ``Publish from package.json`` Github Action workflow `found here <https://github.com/openedx/frontend-enterprise/actions/workflows/publish-from-package.yml>`_. It will publish any versions denoted in the package.json files that are not currently published on the NPM registry, publishing the incremented versions from the aforementioned release commit.
+To publish the packages that had their versions incremented per above, you must manually trigger the ``Publish from package.json`` Github Action workflow `found here <https://github.com/openedx/frontend-enterprise/actions/workflows/publish-from-package.yml>`_. It will publish any versions denoted in the package.json files that are not currently published on the NPM registry, publishing the incremented versions from the aforementioned release commit.
 
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dbf6eaeb..181f7002 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
     "lint": "npm run lint --workspaces",
     "lint:fix": "npm run lint:fix --workspaces",
     "bootstrap": "npm install conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits",
-    "changed": "lerna changed"
+    "changed": "lerna changed",
+    "lerna:version": "npx lerna@6 version --conventional-commits --create-release github --no-push"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
       "@commitlint/config-conventional": "17.6.0",