diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f220569114..0b054958e2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     "release": "npm run dist && npm run release-sri && npm run release-zip && npm run docs-github",
     "release-sri": "node build/generate-sri.js",
     "release-version": "node build/change-version.js",
-    "release-zip": "cross-env-shell \"shx cp -r dist/ bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist && zip -r9 bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist.zip bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist && shx rm -rf bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist\"",
+    "release-zip": "cross-env-shell \"shx rm -rf bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist && shx cp -r dist/ bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist && zip -r9 bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist.zip bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist && shx rm -rf bootstrap-$npm_package_version-dist\"",
     "dist": "npm-run-all --parallel css js",
     "test": "npm-run-all dist js-test docs-compile docs-lint bundlesize",
     "watch": "npm-run-all --parallel watch-*",