diff --git a/packages/odyssey-babel-preset/package.json b/packages/odyssey-babel-preset/package.json
index 7ab9cc5b12..c7e8e0f271 100644
--- a/packages/odyssey-babel-preset/package.json
+++ b/packages/odyssey-babel-preset/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "prepare": "tsc",
-    "prepack": "node ./scripts/prepack.js"
+    "prepack": "prepack"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.15.0",
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-design-tokens/package.json b/packages/odyssey-design-tokens/package.json
index 68314ae57d..4c0dc841d9 100644
--- a/packages/odyssey-design-tokens/package.json
+++ b/packages/odyssey-design-tokens/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "style-dictionary clean && style-dictionary build",
     "prepare": "yarn build",
-    "prepack": "node ./scripts/prepack.js"
+    "prepack": "prepack"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-design-tokens/scripts/prepack.js b/packages/odyssey-design-tokens/scripts/prepack.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 056af6017d..0000000000
--- a/packages/odyssey-design-tokens/scripts/prepack.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright (c) 2021-present, Okta, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * The Okta software accompanied by this notice is provided pursuant to the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License.")
- *
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- *
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
- */
-
-const { writeFileSync } = require("fs");
-const { resolve } = require("path");
-
-const pkgPath = resolve(__dirname, "../package.json");
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-const { scripts, devDependencies, ...pkg } = require(pkgPath);
-
-writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + "\n");
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-lifecycle/package.json b/packages/odyssey-lifecycle/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ae7dee729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/odyssey-lifecycle/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "name": "@okta/odyssey-lifecycle",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "Lifecycle scripts for lerna and npm",
+  "author": "Okta, Inc.",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "bin": {
+    "prepack": "src/prepack.js"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-babel-preset/scripts/prepack.js b/packages/odyssey-lifecycle/src/prepack.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 91%
rename from packages/odyssey-babel-preset/scripts/prepack.js
rename to packages/odyssey-lifecycle/src/prepack.js
index 056af6017d..fd9bd28b86
--- a/packages/odyssey-babel-preset/scripts/prepack.js
+++ b/packages/odyssey-lifecycle/src/prepack.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 /*!
  * Copyright (c) 2021-present, Okta, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * The Okta software accompanied by this notice is provided pursuant to the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License.")
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
 const { writeFileSync } = require("fs");
 const { resolve } = require("path");
 
-const pkgPath = resolve(__dirname, "../package.json");
+const pkgPath = resolve(process.cwd(), "./package.json");
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
 const { scripts, devDependencies, ...pkg } = require(pkgPath);
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-react-theme/package.json b/packages/odyssey-react-theme/package.json
index c4ac28eb23..9d23828f1a 100644
--- a/packages/odyssey-react-theme/package.json
+++ b/packages/odyssey-react-theme/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@
     "build:clean": "rm -rf dist",
     "build:types": "tsc --project tsconfig.production.json",
     "build:source": "./scripts/buildSource",
-    "prepack": "node ./scripts/prepack.js"
+    "prepack": "prepack"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-react-theme/scripts/prepack.js b/packages/odyssey-react-theme/scripts/prepack.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 056af6017d..0000000000
--- a/packages/odyssey-react-theme/scripts/prepack.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright (c) 2021-present, Okta, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * The Okta software accompanied by this notice is provided pursuant to the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License.")
- *
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- *
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
- */
-
-const { writeFileSync } = require("fs");
-const { resolve } = require("path");
-
-const pkgPath = resolve(__dirname, "../package.json");
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-const { scripts, devDependencies, ...pkg } = require(pkgPath);
-
-writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + "\n");
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-react/package.json b/packages/odyssey-react/package.json
index 1abff0f7db..3e25a07c22 100644
--- a/packages/odyssey-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/odyssey-react/package.json
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@
     "build:types": "tsc --project tsconfig.production.json",
     "build:source": "./scripts/buildSource",
     "build-icons": "svgr $(node ./scripts/resolveIconSrcPath.js) --out-dir ./src/components/Icon/",
-    "prepack": "node ./scripts/prepack.js"
+    "prepack": "prepack"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-react/scripts/prepack.js b/packages/odyssey-react/scripts/prepack.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 056af6017d..0000000000
--- a/packages/odyssey-react/scripts/prepack.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright (c) 2021-present, Okta, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * The Okta software accompanied by this notice is provided pursuant to the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License.")
- *
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- *
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
- */
-
-const { writeFileSync } = require("fs");
-const { resolve } = require("path");
-
-const pkgPath = resolve(__dirname, "../package.json");
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-const { scripts, devDependencies, ...pkg } = require(pkgPath);
-
-writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + "\n");
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-storybook/package.json b/packages/odyssey-storybook/package.json
index 917fb1ea85..1627dfb883 100644
--- a/packages/odyssey-storybook/package.json
+++ b/packages/odyssey-storybook/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@
     "build": "build-storybook --quiet --output-dir dist",
     "typecheck": "tsc",
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn run build",
-    "prepack": "node ./scripts/prepack.js"
+    "prepack": "prepack"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-storybook/scripts/prepack.js b/packages/odyssey-storybook/scripts/prepack.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 056af6017d..0000000000
--- a/packages/odyssey-storybook/scripts/prepack.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright (c) 2021-present, Okta, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * The Okta software accompanied by this notice is provided pursuant to the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License.")
- *
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- *
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
- */
-
-const { writeFileSync } = require("fs");
-const { resolve } = require("path");
-
-const pkgPath = resolve(__dirname, "../package.json");
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-const { scripts, devDependencies, ...pkg } = require(pkgPath);
-
-writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + "\n");