diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/web/publish.sh b/build/azure-pipelines/web/publish.sh
index 9d662fcfe8b..2c112362a25 100755
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/web/publish.sh
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/web/publish.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ ROOT="$REPO/.."
 WEB_BUILD_NAME="vscode-web"
 WEB_TARBALL_FILENAME="vscode-web.tar.gz"
 WEB_TARBALL_PATH="$ROOT/$WEB_TARBALL_FILENAME"
+BUILD="$ROOT/$WEB_BUILD_NAME"
+PACKAGEJSON="$BUILD/package.json"
+VERSION=$(node -p "require(\"$PACKAGEJSON\").version")
 
 rm -rf $ROOT/vscode-web.tar.*