diff --git a/__fixtures__/lockfile-leaf-v2/lerna.json b/__fixtures__/lockfile-leaf-v2/lerna.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1587a66968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__fixtures__/lockfile-leaf-v2/lerna.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "version": "1.0.0"
+}
diff --git a/__fixtures__/lockfile-leaf-v2/package.json b/__fixtures__/lockfile-leaf-v2/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fa36b4fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__fixtures__/lockfile-leaf-v2/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "name": "leaf-lockfile",
+  "version": "0.0.0-lerna",
+  "private": true
+}
diff --git a/__fixtures__/lockfile-leaf-v2/packages/package-1/package-lock.json b/__fixtures__/lockfile-leaf-v2/packages/package-1/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c676a3a8c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__fixtures__/lockfile-leaf-v2/packages/package-1/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "name": "package-1",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "lockfileVersion": 2,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "name": "package-1",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "tiny-tarball": "^1.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/tiny-tarball": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tiny-tarball/-/tiny-tarball-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-u/EC1a5zr+LFUyleD7AiMCFvZbE="
+    }
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "tiny-tarball": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tiny-tarball/-/tiny-tarball-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-u/EC1a5zr+LFUyleD7AiMCFvZbE="
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/__fixtures__/lockfile-leaf-v2/packages/package-1/package.json b/__fixtures__/lockfile-leaf-v2/packages/package-1/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee217c2df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__fixtures__/lockfile-leaf-v2/packages/package-1/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "name": "package-1",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "tiny-tarball": "^1.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/commands/version/__tests__/update-lockfile-version.test.js b/commands/version/__tests__/update-lockfile-version.test.js
index b0af8de818..1cf7e473e5 100644
--- a/commands/version/__tests__/update-lockfile-version.test.js
+++ b/commands/version/__tests__/update-lockfile-version.test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const initFixture = require("@lerna-test/init-fixture")(__dirname);
 
 const { updateLockfileVersion } = require("../lib/update-lockfile-version");
 
-test("updateLockfileVersion", async () => {
+test("updateLockfileVersion with lockfile v1", async () => {
   const cwd = await initFixture("lockfile-leaf");
   const [pkg] = await getPackages(cwd);
 
@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@ test("updateLockfileVersion", async () => {
   expect(fs.readJSONSync(returnedLockfilePath)).toHaveProperty("version", "2.0.0");
 });
 
+test("updateLockfileVersion with lockfile v2", async () => {
+  const cwd = await initFixture("lockfile-leaf-v2");
+  const [pkg] = await getPackages(cwd);
+
+  pkg.version = "2.0.0";
+
+  const returnedLockfilePath = await updateLockfileVersion(pkg);
+
+  expect(returnedLockfilePath).toBe(path.join(pkg.location, "package-lock.json"));
+  expect(Array.from(loadJsonFile.registry.keys())).toStrictEqual(["/packages/package-1"]);
+  const updatedLockfile = fs.readJSONSync(returnedLockfilePath);
+  expect(updatedLockfile).toHaveProperty("version", "2.0.0");
+  expect(updatedLockfile).toHaveProperty(["packages", "", "version"], "2.0.0");
+});
+
 test("updateLockfileVersion without sibling lockfile", async () => {
   const cwd = await initFixture("lifecycle", false);
   const [pkg] = await getPackages(cwd);
diff --git a/commands/version/lib/update-lockfile-version.js b/commands/version/lib/update-lockfile-version.js
index 1975c11863..09a7427e50 100644
--- a/commands/version/lib/update-lockfile-version.js
+++ b/commands/version/lib/update-lockfile-version.js
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ function updateLockfileVersion(pkg) {
     if (obj) {
       obj.version = pkg.version;
 
+      if (obj.packages && obj.packages[""]) {
+        obj.packages[""].version = pkg.version;
+      }
+
       return writeJsonFile(lockfilePath, obj, {
         detectIndent: true,
         indent: 2,