diff --git a/PUBLISH.md b/PUBLISH.md
index deab377..95941a3 100644
--- a/PUBLISH.md
+++ b/PUBLISH.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ This interactive script will:
 - Ask if you want to skip the build step (useful if already built)
 - Always run tests (even if build is skipped)
 - Publish each selected version
-- Optionally promote pg17 to latest (`latest` is currently pg18; to keep it there, answer no)
+- If the highest major (pg18) was published, optionally promote it to `latest`
 
 ### Types Packages
 ```bash
diff --git a/scripts/publish-single-version.js b/scripts/publish-single-version.js
index 09de5d5..96b04b9 100644
--- a/scripts/publish-single-version.js
+++ b/scripts/publish-single-version.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ if (!fs.existsSync(pkgPath)) {
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
-const original = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf8'));
+const originalText = fs.readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf8');
+const original = JSON.parse(originalText);
 const publishMeta = original['x-publish'] || {};
 
 const publishName = publishMeta.publishName || 'libpg-query';
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ try {
   console.log('✅ Publish complete.');
 } catch (err) {
   console.error('❌ Publish failed:', err.message);
+  process.exitCode = 1;
 } finally {
-  fs.writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(original, null, 2));
+  fs.writeFileSync(pkgPath, originalText);
   console.log('🔄 Restored original package.json');
 }
diff --git a/scripts/publish-versions.js b/scripts/publish-versions.js
index f9e08a8..9b3cd16 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-versions.js
+++ b/scripts/publish-versions.js
@@ -125,14 +125,15 @@ async function main() {
   }
 
   // Ask about promoting to latest
-  if (selectedVersions.includes('17')) {
+  const latestVersion = versionDirs[0];
+  if (selectedVersions.includes(latestVersion)) {
     console.log('\n🏷️  Tag Management');
     
-    const promoteVersions = await question('Promote libpg-query@pg17 to latest? (y/N): ');
+    const promoteVersions = await question(`Promote libpg-query@pg${latestVersion} to latest? (y/N): `);
     if (promoteVersions.toLowerCase() === 'y') {
       try {
-        execSync('npm dist-tag add libpg-query@pg17 latest', { stdio: 'inherit' });
-        console.log('✅ libpg-query@pg17 promoted to latest');
+        execSync(`npm dist-tag add libpg-query@pg${latestVersion} latest`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+        console.log(`✅ libpg-query@pg${latestVersion} promoted to latest`);
       } catch (error) {
         console.error('❌ Failed to promote tag:', error.message);
       }
diff --git a/versions/17/README.md b/versions/17/README.md
index 18715b2..a134682 100644
--- a/versions/17/README.md
+++ b/versions/17/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Our latest is built with the `18-latest` branch from libpg_query
 | PG Major Version | libpg_query | npm dist-tag 
 |--------------------------|-------------|---------|
 | 18                       | 18.0.0      | [`pg18`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/libpg-query/v/pg18)
-| 17                       | 17-6.1.0    | [`pg17`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/libpg-query/v/latest)
+| 17                       | 17-6.1.0    | [`pg17`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/libpg-query/v/pg17)
 | 16                       | 16-5.2.0    | [`pg16`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/libpg-query/v/pg16)
 | 15                       | 15-4.2.4    | [`pg15`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/libpg-query/v/pg15)
 | 14                       | 14-3.0.0    | [`pg14`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/libpg-query/v/pg14)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ const result = parseSync('SELECT * FROM users WHERE active = true');
 // Returns: ParseResult - parsed query object
 ```
 
-⚠ **Note:** If you need additional functionality like `fingerprint`, `scan`, `deparse`, or `normalize`, check out the full package (`@libpg-query/parser`) in the [./full](https://github.com/constructive-io/libpg-query-node/tree/main/full) folder of the repo.
+⚠ **Note:** This package only parses. For `fingerprint`, `normalize`, `scan` and `parsePlPgSQL`, upgrade to [`libpg-query@pg18`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/libpg-query/v/pg18).
 
 ### Initialization