diff --git a/packages/app-cli/gulpfile.js b/packages/app-cli/gulpfile.js
index 0bdb729fcb..c65fc1b416 100644
--- a/packages/app-cli/gulpfile.js
+++ b/packages/app-cli/gulpfile.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const gulp = require('gulp');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const utils = require('@joplin/tools/gulp/utils');
+const { setPackagePrivateField } = require('@joplin/tools/tool-utils');
 const tasks = {
 	// compileExtensions: {
 	// 	fn: require('../Tools/gulp/tasks/compileExtensions.js'),
@@ -10,12 +11,12 @@ const tasks = {
 	// updateIgnoredTypeScriptBuild: require('../Tools/gulp/tasks/updateIgnoredTypeScriptBuild'),
 };
 
-async function makePackagePublic(filePath) {
-	const text = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
-	const obj = JSON.parse(text);
-	delete obj.private;
-	await fs.writeFile(filePath, JSON.stringify(obj), 'utf8');
-}
+// async function makePackagePublic(filePath) {
+// 	const text = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
+// 	const obj = JSON.parse(text);
+// 	delete obj.private;
+// 	await fs.writeFile(filePath, JSON.stringify(obj), 'utf8');
+// }
 
 tasks.prepareBuild = {
 	fn: async () => {
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ tasks.prepareBuild = {
 		});
 
 		await utils.copyFile(`${__dirname}/package.json`, `${buildDir}/package.json`);
-		await makePackagePublic(`${buildDir}/package.json`);
+		// await makePackagePublic(`${buildDir}/package.json`);
+		await setPackagePrivateField(`${buildDir}/package.json`, false);
 
 		await utils.copyFile(`${__dirname}/package-lock.json`, `${buildDir}/package-lock.json`);
 		await utils.copyFile(`${__dirname}/gulpfile.js`, `${buildDir}/gulpfile.js`);
diff --git a/packages/generator-joplin/package-lock.json b/packages/generator-joplin/package-lock.json
index 005e0b3492..2454943b47 100644
--- a/packages/generator-joplin/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/generator-joplin/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "generator-joplin",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.5.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/generator-joplin/package.json b/packages/generator-joplin/package.json
index 4fcd4f15c7..f31c771b05 100644
--- a/packages/generator-joplin/package.json
+++ b/packages/generator-joplin/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 {
   "name": "generator-joplin",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.5.1",
   "description": "Scaffolds out a new Joplin plugin",
   "homepage": "https://joplinapp.org",
-  "private": true,
   "author": {
     "name": "Laurent Cozic",
     "url": "https://joplinapp.org"
@@ -25,5 +24,6 @@
     "yosay": "^2.0.1"
   },
   "repository": "https://github.com/laurent22/generator-joplin",
-  "license": "MIT"
-}
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "private": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/tools/release-plugin-generator.js b/packages/tools/release-plugin-generator.js
index dd28c6b1f1..efc395ee7e 100644
--- a/packages/tools/release-plugin-generator.js
+++ b/packages/tools/release-plugin-generator.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-const { execCommand, execCommandVerbose, rootDir, gitPullTry } = require('./tool-utils.js');
+const { execCommand, execCommandVerbose, rootDir, gitPullTry, setPackagePrivateField } = require('./tool-utils.js');
 
 const genDir = `${rootDir}/packages/generator-joplin`;
 
 async function main() {
 	process.chdir(genDir);
 
+	const packageFilePath = `${genDir}/package.json`;
+
 	console.info(`Running from: ${process.cwd()}`);
 
 	await gitPullTry();
@@ -12,15 +14,21 @@ async function main() {
 	const version = (await execCommand('npm version patch')).trim();
 	const tagName = `plugin-generator-${version}`;
 
-	console.info(`New version number: ${version}`);
+	await setPackagePrivateField(packageFilePath, false);
 
-	await execCommandVerbose('npm', ['publish']);
-	await gitPullTry();
-	await execCommandVerbose('git', ['add', '-A']);
-	await execCommandVerbose('git', ['commit', '-m', `Plugin Generator release ${version}`]);
-	await execCommandVerbose('git', ['tag', tagName]);
-	await execCommandVerbose('git', ['push']);
-	await execCommandVerbose('git', ['push', '--tags']);
+	try {
+		console.info(`New version number: ${version}`);
+
+		await execCommandVerbose('npm', ['publish']);
+		await gitPullTry();
+		await execCommandVerbose('git', ['add', '-A']);
+		await execCommandVerbose('git', ['commit', '-m', `Plugin Generator release ${version}`]);
+		await execCommandVerbose('git', ['tag', tagName]);
+		await execCommandVerbose('git', ['push']);
+		await execCommandVerbose('git', ['push', '--tags']);
+	} finally {
+		await setPackagePrivateField(packageFilePath, true);
+	}
 }
 
 main().catch((error) => {
diff --git a/packages/tools/tool-utils.js b/packages/tools/tool-utils.js
index 2d34bd3a12..8dd31f8df6 100644
--- a/packages/tools/tool-utils.js
+++ b/packages/tools/tool-utils.js
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ toolUtils.deleteLink = async function(path) {
 	}
 };
 
+toolUtils.setPackagePrivateField = async function(filePath, value) {
+	const text = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
+	const obj = JSON.parse(text);
+	if (!value) {
+		delete obj.private;
+	} else {
+		obj.private = true;
+	}
+	await fs.writeFile(filePath, JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2), 'utf8');
+};
+
 toolUtils.credentialDir = async function() {
 	const username = require('os').userInfo().username;