diff --git a/js/web/.npmignore b/js/web/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49f3adcad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/web/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/.vscode/
+/script/
+/test/
+
+/types/**/*.d.ts
+!/types/lib/**/*.d.ts
+
+karma.conf.js
+tsconfig.json
+tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
+webpack.config.js
+
+*.tgz
diff --git a/js/web/package.json b/js/web/package.json
index 77946f0381..776c87e35b 100644
--- a/js/web/package.json
+++ b/js/web/package.json
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "onnxruntime-web",
   "version": "1.7.0",
-  "description": "A Javascript library for running ONNX models on browsers and on Node.js",
+  "description": "A Javascript library for running ONNX models on browsers",
   "main": "./lib/index.js",
   "browser": "./dist/ort-web.min.js",
   "types": "./types/lib/index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
-    "prepare": "tsc && node ./script/prepare-test-data.js",
-    "build": "node ./script/build.js",
-    "test": "node ./script/test-runner-cli.js"
+    "prepare": "tsc && node ./script/prepare-test-data",
+    "build": "node ./script/build",
+    "test": "node ./script/test-runner-cli",
+    "prepack": "node ./script/prepack"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/js/web/script/prepack.ts b/js/web/script/prepack.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be86c5687b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/web/script/prepack.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+function updatePackageJson() {
+  const commonPackageJsonPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'common', 'package.json');
+  const selfPackageJsonPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json');
+  console.log(`=== start to update package.json: ${selfPackageJsonPath}`);
+  const packageCommon = fs.readJSONSync(commonPackageJsonPath);
+  const packageSelf = fs.readJSONSync(selfPackageJsonPath);
+  const version = packageCommon.version;
+  packageSelf.dependencies['onnxruntime-common'] = `~${version}`;
+  fs.writeJSONSync(selfPackageJsonPath, packageSelf, {spaces: 2});
+  console.log('=== finished updating package.json.');
+}
+
+// update version of dependency "onnxruntime-common" before packing
+updatePackageJson();