diff --git a/packages/bundler-vite/package.json b/packages/bundler-vite/package.json
index c70e71d24..2e753def6 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/bundler-vite/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "pnpm build:swc && pnpm build:types",
     "build:swc": "swc ./src -d ./dist --config-file .swcrc",
-    "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist"
+    "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
+    "clean": "rimraf dist",
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@rollup/plugin-image": "^3.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/bundler-webpack/package.json b/packages/bundler-webpack/package.json
index 0656d6aab..cabf4277b 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-webpack/package.json
+++ b/packages/bundler-webpack/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "pnpm build:swc && pnpm build:types",
     "build:swc": "swc ./src -d ./dist --config-file .swcrc",
-    "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist"
+    "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
+    "clean": "rimraf dist",
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "compression": "1.7.4",
diff --git a/packages/db-mongodb/package.json b/packages/db-mongodb/package.json
index bf75b5916..002e7825f 100644
--- a/packages/db-mongodb/package.json
+++ b/packages/db-mongodb/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "pnpm build:swc && pnpm build:types",
     "build:swc": "swc ./src -d ./dist --config-file .swcrc",
-    "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist"
+    "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
+    "clean": "rimraf dist",
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "bson-objectid": "2.0.4",
diff --git a/packages/db-postgres/package.json b/packages/db-postgres/package.json
index a7f660e77..633590587 100644
--- a/packages/db-postgres/package.json
+++ b/packages/db-postgres/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "pnpm build:swc && pnpm build:types",
     "build:swc": "swc ./src -d ./dist --config-file .swcrc",
-    "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist"
+    "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
+    "clean": "rimraf dist",
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@libsql/client": "^0.3.1",
diff --git a/packages/payload/package.json b/packages/payload/package.json
index 83f63a74d..7d4949d38 100644
--- a/packages/payload/package.json
+++ b/packages/payload/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "dev:postgres": "cross-env PAYLOAD_DATABASE=postgres nodemon",
     "fix": "eslint \"src/**/*.ts\" --fix",
     "lint": "eslint \"src/**/*.ts\"",
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm build",
     "pretest": "pnpm build",
     "release:beta": "release-it pre --preReleaseId=beta --npm.tag=beta --config .release-it.pre.json",
     "release:canary": "release-it pre --preReleaseId=canary --npm.tag=canary --config .release-it.pre.json",
diff --git a/packages/richtext-lexical/package.json b/packages/richtext-lexical/package.json
index 193f31ac8..f911ad263 100644
--- a/packages/richtext-lexical/package.json
+++ b/packages/richtext-lexical/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
     "build": "pnpm copyfiles && pnpm build:swc && pnpm build:types",
     "build:swc": "swc ./src -d ./dist --config-file .swcrc",
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
-    "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/"
+    "clean": "rimraf dist",
+    "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@faceless-ui/modal": "2.0.1",
@@ -62,5 +64,8 @@
     "main": "./dist/index.js",
     "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/",
     "types": "./dist/index.d.ts"
-  }
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "dist"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/richtext-slate/package.json b/packages/richtext-slate/package.json
index a5a7c16db..35d82dbb7 100644
--- a/packages/richtext-slate/package.json
+++ b/packages/richtext-slate/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
     "build": "pnpm copyfiles && pnpm build:swc && pnpm build:types",
     "build:swc": "swc ./src -d ./dist --config-file .swcrc",
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
-    "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/"
+    "clean": "rimraf dist",
+    "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@faceless-ui/modal": "2.0.1",