diff --git a/projects/frontend/cicd/.gitlab-ci.yml b/projects/frontend/cicd/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 842a8d3281..930c734b61 100644
--- a/projects/frontend/cicd/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/projects/frontend/cicd/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ frontend-data-pipelines-build:
   before_script:
     - cd projects/frontend/
   script:
-    - ./cicd/install_data_pipelines.sh
+    # Note: if frontend-shared-components-build is not part of the pipeline and no rc-version exists, $SHARED_RC_VERSION will be empty.
+    # If $SHARED_RC_VERSION is empty, calling install_data_pipelines.sh will install the latest @versatiledatakit/shared package from registry.
+    - export SHARED_RC_VERSION=$(../../cicd/get_latest_shared_rc_version.sh $CI_PIPELINE_ID)
+    - ./cicd/install_data_pipelines.sh $SHARED_RC_VERSION
   coverage: /^TOTAL\s+\d+\s+\d+\s+(\d+\%)$/
   retry: !reference [.retry, retry_options]
   rules:
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ frontend-data-pipelines-release:
   before_script:
     - cd projects/frontend/
   script:
-    - ./cicd/publish_package_npm.sh data-pipelines $CI_PIPELINE_ID $NPM_TOKEN $NPM_REGISTRY
+    - ./cicd/publish_package_npm.sh data-pipelines $CI_PIPELINE_ID $NPM_TOKEN $NPM_REGISTRY latest
   retry: !reference [.retry, retry_options]
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"'
@@ -124,6 +127,7 @@ frontend_publish_ui_image:
       changes: *frontend_data_pipelines_locations
   extends: .frontend_publish_docker_image
 
+# TODO: Enable this when https://github.com/vmware/versatile-data-kit/issues/2332 is resolved
 # frontend_tag_ui_image_stable:
 #   stage: release
 #   before_script:
@@ -211,6 +215,9 @@ frontend-shared-components-build:
     - cd projects/frontend/shared-components/gui
   script:
     - ../../cicd/install_shared.sh
+    # Note: if this is the first time the pipeline runs and no rc-version exists, $SHARED_RC_INCREMENT will equal 1.
+    - export SHARED_RC_INCREMENT=$(../../cicd/get_next_shared_rc_version_number.sh $CI_PIPELINE_ID)
+    - ../../cicd/publish_package_npm.sh shared-components $CI_PIPELINE_ID-rc.$SHARED_RC_INCREMENT $NPM_TOKEN $NPM_REGISTRY rc
   retry: !reference [.retry, retry_options]
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "external_pull_request_event"'
@@ -234,7 +241,7 @@ frontend-shared-components-release:
   before_script:
     - cd projects/frontend/
   script:
-    - ./cicd/publish_package_npm.sh shared-components $CI_PIPELINE_ID $NPM_TOKEN $NPM_REGISTRY
+    - ./cicd/publish_package_npm.sh shared-components $CI_PIPELINE_ID $NPM_TOKEN $NPM_REGISTRY latest
   retry: !reference [.retry, retry_options]
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"'
diff --git a/projects/frontend/cicd/get_latest_shared_rc_version.sh b/projects/frontend/cicd/get_latest_shared_rc_version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..175a6013fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/frontend/cicd/get_latest_shared_rc_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# Copyright 2021-2023 VMware, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+
+# Extracts the latest rc-version for the pipeline id that's passed
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]
+  then
+    echo "ERROR: No argument for pipeline id supplied"
+    exit 3
+fi
+npm view @versatiledatakit/shared versions --json | grep $1-rc | cut -d \" -f 2 | tail -1
diff --git a/projects/frontend/cicd/get_next_shared_rc_version_number.sh b/projects/frontend/cicd/get_next_shared_rc_version_number.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c5892aa8fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/frontend/cicd/get_next_shared_rc_version_number.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# Copyright 2021-2023 VMware, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# Extracts the latest rc-version number for the pipeline id that's passed
+# and returns the incremented version number
+# e.g. if the latest rc-version is 1.3.${pipeline_id}-rc.3, the script will return 4
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]
+  then
+    echo "ERROR: No argument for pipeline id supplied"
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+out=$(npm view @versatiledatakit/shared versions --json | grep $1-rc | cut -d \" -f 2 | tail -1 | awk -F '.' '{print $4}')
+out=$((out+1))
+echo $out
diff --git a/projects/frontend/cicd/install_data_pipelines.sh b/projects/frontend/cicd/install_data_pipelines.sh
index 3f59a722b6..8eb2b5b88d 100755
--- a/projects/frontend/cicd/install_data_pipelines.sh
+++ b/projects/frontend/cicd/install_data_pipelines.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 # lints them to verify format, builds the UI application and runs the unit tests.
 ###
 
+shared_version=$1
+
 if ! which npm >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
   echo "ERROR:"
   echo "Please install npm 8.5.5+. Install cannot continue without it."
@@ -26,8 +28,14 @@ rm -f "package-lock.json"
 shared_dist_dir="../../shared-components/gui/dist/shared"
 if [ -d "$shared_dist_dir" ]
 then
-  echo "Linking the shared-components dist rebuild found..."
-  npm link "$shared_dist_dir"
+  if [ -n "$shared_version"]
+  then
+    echo "Installing the latest shared-components rc-version"
+    npm install --no-save "@versatiledatakit/shared@$shared_version"
+  else
+    echo "Linking the shared-components dist rebuild found..."
+    npm link "$shared_dist_dir"
+  fi
 else
   echo "No shared-components dist rebuild found."
 fi
diff --git a/projects/frontend/cicd/publish_package_npm.sh b/projects/frontend/cicd/publish_package_npm.sh
index 9d903738d4..7b83f35c14 100755
--- a/projects/frontend/cicd/publish_package_npm.sh
+++ b/projects/frontend/cicd/publish_package_npm.sh
@@ -54,14 +54,19 @@ if [ $# -eq 2 ]
 fi
 npm_token=$3
 
-# optional; defaults to registry.npmjs.org public repo
 if [ $# -eq 3 ]
   then
-    npm_registry="registry.npmjs.org"
-  else
-    npm_registry=$4
+    echo "ERROR: No argument for npm registry url provided."
+    exit 3
 fi
+npm_registry=$4
 
+if [ $# -eq 4 ]
+  then
+    echo "ERROR: No argument for npm tag provided."
+    exit 3
+fi
+npm_tag=$5
 
 # Locate the project dist directory
 if [ -d "./dist/$project_type/" ]
@@ -87,4 +92,4 @@ npm set //$npm_registry/:_authToken $npm_token
 
 # Publish
 echo "Publishing @vdk/$(basename "$PWD"):${package_version}..."
-npm publish --ignore-scripts --access public
+npm publish --ignore-scripts --access public --tag $npm_tag