diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 665fb6fa1044..f393b1cdcef8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,3 +50,5 @@ compile_commands.json
 # npm package
 /npm/dist
 /npm/path.txt
+
+.npmrc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/script/lib/util.py b/script/lib/util.py
index cdd05686546a..1fc2b813e7c9 100644
--- a/script/lib/util.py
+++ b/script/lib/util.py
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def get_next_beta(v):
     return make_version(pv[0] , pv[1],  pv[2], 'beta.1')
 
   lv = parse_version(tag_list[-1])
-  return make_version(lv[0] , lv[1],  lv[2], str(int(lv[3]) + 1))
+  return make_version(pv[0] , pv[1],  pv[2], 'beta.' + str(int(lv[3]) + 1))
 
 def get_next_stable_from_pre(v):
   pv = clean_parse_version(v)