diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 335479e9b0..4d81e8058f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "^2.0.0",
     "@semantic-release/condition-travis": "^4.0.0",
     "@semantic-release/error": "^1.0.0",
-    "@semantic-release/last-release-npm": "^1.1.1",
+    "@semantic-release/last-release-npm": "^1.2.0",
     "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^2.0.0",
     "git-head": "^1.2.1",
     "github": "^0.2.4",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index ec29ce7ca1..0d96825cb0 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ const options = _.defaults(
   pkg.release,
   {
     branch: 'master',
+    fallbackTags: {
+      next: 'latest'
+    },
     debug: !env.CI,
     githubToken: env.GH_TOKEN || env.GITHUB_TOKEN,
     githubUrl: env.GH_URL