diff --git a/src/NerdBank.GitVersioning/VersionOracle.cs b/src/NerdBank.GitVersioning/VersionOracle.cs
index c3d2160ae..8f43f8c5f 100644
--- a/src/NerdBank.GitVersioning/VersionOracle.cs
+++ b/src/NerdBank.GitVersioning/VersionOracle.cs
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ public IDictionary<string, string> CloudBuildVersionVars
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the version to use for NPM packages.
     /// </summary>
-    public string NpmPackageVersion => $"{this.Version.ToStringSafe(3)}{this.PrereleaseVersion}";
+    public string NpmPackageVersion => this.SemVer2;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets a SemVer 1.0 compliant string that represents this version, including the -COMMITID suffix