diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 242672c1d994..35c24c28e844 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ prepublish:
 
 publish: prepublish
 	# --only-explicit-updates
-	./node_modules/.bin/lerna publish
+	./node_modules/.bin/lerna publish --force-publish="@babel/runtime,@babel/runtime-corejs2" --dangerously-only-publish-explicit-updates-this-is-a-custom-flag-for-babel-and-you-should-not-be-using-it-just-deal-with-more-packages-being-published-it-is-not-a-big-deal
 	make clean
 
 bootstrap: clean-all