diff --git a/apps/emqx_release_helper/lib/emqx_release_helper.ex b/apps/emqx_release_helper/lib/emqx_release_helper.ex
index b9ad8e2b0..870f2fc43 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_release_helper/lib/emqx_release_helper.ex
+++ b/apps/emqx_release_helper/lib/emqx_release_helper.ex
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ defmodule EmqxReleaseHelper do
     config = Map.merge(profile_vars(), release_vars(release))
 
     release
+    |> EmqxReleaseHelper.Script.run(config)
     |> EmqxReleaseHelper.Overlay.run(config)
     |> EmqxReleaseHelper.Applications.run(config)
   end
diff --git a/apps/emqx_release_helper/lib/emqx_release_helper/script.ex b/apps/emqx_release_helper/lib/emqx_release_helper/script.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73fcf568e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/emqx_release_helper/lib/emqx_release_helper/script.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+defmodule EmqxReleaseHelper.Script do
+  def run(release, config) do
+    script_path = Path.join(config.project_path, "scripts")
+
+    {_, 0} =
+      script_path
+      |> Path.join("merge-config.escript")
+      |> System.cmd([])
+
+    {_, 0} =
+      script_path
+      |> Path.join("get-dashboard.sh")
+      |> System.cmd([], env: [{"EMQX_DASHBOARD_VERSION", "v5.0.0-beta.13"}])
+
+    release
+  end
+end
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 6fe52cf94..1692f27c9 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ defmodule EMQXUmbrella.MixProject do
   def project do
     [
       apps_path: "apps",
-      # apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl
-      version: "5.0-pre",
+      version: pkg_vsn(),
       start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
       deps: deps(),
       releases: releases()
@@ -60,4 +59,17 @@ defmodule EMQXUmbrella.MixProject do
   def project_path do
     Path.expand("..", __ENV__.file)
   end
+
+  def pkg_vsn do
+    project_path()
+    |> Path.join("pkg-vsn.sh")
+    |> System.cmd([])
+    |> elem(0)
+    |> String.trim()
+    |> String.split("-")
+    |> Enum.reverse()
+    |> tl()
+    |> Enum.reverse()
+    |> Enum.join("-")
+  end
 end