diff --git a/.ado/bumpFileVersions.js b/.ado/bumpFileVersions.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11a520ff5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ado/bumpFileVersions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// @ts-check
+const {updateVersionsInFiles} = require('./versionUtils');
+updateVersionsInFiles();
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diff --git a/.ado/publish.js b/.ado/publish.js
index 0b3e637c0c..eaaecbbb7b 100644
--- a/.ado/publish.js
+++ b/.ado/publish.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+// @ts-check
 // Used to publish this fork of react-native
 // Publish it as an attached tar asset to the GitHub release for general consumption, since we can't publish this to the npmjs npm feed
 
 const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 const execSync = require("child_process").execSync;
+const {pkgJsonPath, publishBranchName, gatherVersionInfo} = require('./versionUtils');
 
 function exec(command) {
   try {
@@ -19,38 +21,11 @@ function exec(command) {
 }
 
 function doPublish() {
-  const publishBranchName = process.env.BUILD_SOURCEBRANCH.match(/refs\/heads\/(.*)/)[1];
   console.log(`Target branch to publish to: ${publishBranchName}`);
 
+  const {releaseVersion, branchVersionSuffix} = gatherVersionInfo()
+
   const tempPublishBranch = `publish-temp-${Date.now()}`;
-
-  const pkgJsonPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../package.json");
-  let pkgJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkgJsonPath, "utf8"));
-
-  let releaseVersion = pkgJson.version;
-
-  console.log(`Using ${`(.*-microsoft)(-${publishBranchName})?\\.([0-9]*)`} to match version`);
-  const branchVersionSuffix = (publishBranchName.match(/(fb.*merge)|(fabric)/) ? `-${publishBranchName}` : '');
-
-  const onlyTagSource = !!branchVersionSuffix;
-
-  versionStringRegEx = new RegExp(`(.*-microsoft)(-${publishBranchName})?\\.([0-9]*)`);
-  const versionGroups = versionStringRegEx.exec(releaseVersion);
-  if (versionGroups) {
-    releaseVersion = versionGroups[1] + branchVersionSuffix + '.' + (parseInt(versionGroups[3]) + 1);
-  } else {
-    if (releaseVersion.indexOf("-") === -1) {
-      releaseVersion = releaseVersion + `-microsoft${branchVersionSuffix}.0`;
-    } else {
-      console.log("Invalid version to publish");
-      exit(1);
-    }
-  }
-
-  pkgJson.version = releaseVersion;
-  fs.writeFileSync(pkgJsonPath, JSON.stringify(pkgJson, null, 2));
-  console.log(`Updating package.json to version ${releaseVersion}`);
-
   exec(`git checkout -b ${tempPublishBranch}`);
 
   exec(`git add ${pkgJsonPath}`);
@@ -59,6 +34,7 @@ function doPublish() {
   exec(`git push origin HEAD:${tempPublishBranch} --follow-tags --verbose`);
   exec(`git push origin tag v${releaseVersion}`);
 
+  const onlyTagSource = !!branchVersionSuffix;
   if (!onlyTagSource) {
     // -------- Generating Android Artifacts with JavaDoc
     exec("gradlew installArchives");
diff --git a/.ado/publish.yml b/.ado/publish.yml
index 9094733849..87b459179f 100644
--- a/.ado/publish.yml
+++ b/.ado/publish.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ jobs:
         inputs:
           script: npm install
 
+      - task: CmdLine@2
+        displayName: Bump package version
+        inputs:
+          script: node .ado/bumpFileVersions.js
+
       - task: NuGetCommand@2
         displayName: NuGet restore
         inputs:
diff --git a/.ado/versionUtils.js b/.ado/versionUtils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a74e62b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ado/versionUtils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// @ts-check
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+
+const pkgJsonPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../package.json");
+const publishBranchName = process.env.BUILD_SOURCEBRANCH.match(/refs\/heads\/(.*)/)[1];
+
+function gatherVersionInfo() {
+    let pkgJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkgJsonPath, "utf8"));
+
+    let releaseVersion = pkgJson.version;
+    const branchVersionSuffix = (publishBranchName.match(/(fb.*merge)|(fabric)/) ? `-${publishBranchName}` : '');
+
+    return {pkgJson, releaseVersion, branchVersionSuffix};
+}
+
+function updateVersionsInFiles() {
+
+    let {pkgJson, releaseVersion, branchVersionSuffix} = gatherVersionInfo();
+  
+    const versionStringRegEx = new RegExp(`(.*-microsoft)(-${publishBranchName})?\\.([0-9]*)`);
+    const versionGroups = versionStringRegEx.exec(releaseVersion);
+    if (versionGroups) {
+      releaseVersion = versionGroups[1] + branchVersionSuffix + '.' + (parseInt(versionGroups[3]) + 1);
+    } else {
+      if (releaseVersion.indexOf("-") === -1) {
+        releaseVersion = releaseVersion + `-microsoft${branchVersionSuffix}.0`;
+      } else {
+        console.log("Invalid version to publish");
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+    }
+  
+    pkgJson.version = releaseVersion;
+    fs.writeFileSync(pkgJsonPath, JSON.stringify(pkgJson, null, 2));
+    console.log(`Updating package.json to version ${releaseVersion}`);
+    return {releaseVersion, branchVersionSuffix};
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    gatherVersionInfo,
+    publishBranchName,
+    pkgJsonPath,
+    updateVersionsInFiles
+}
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