Cannot publish alpha version to npm

I'm trying to publish an alpha version of my package to npm. I'm executing this commands: npm version 1.0.0-alpha.0 npm publish --tag 1.0.0-alpha.0 but instead of publishing, I'm getting an error: npm ERR! Tag name must not be a valid SemVer range: 1.0.0-alpha.0

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