diff --git a/scripts/run-ci-e2e-tests.js b/scripts/run-ci-e2e-tests.js
index 56550cc262b..fbab0b3bc71 100644
--- a/scripts/run-ci-e2e-tests.js
+++ b/scripts/run-ci-e2e-tests.js
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ try {
   }
 
   describe('Create react-native package');
-  if (exec('node ./scripts/set-rn-version.js --to-version 1000.0.0').code) {
+  if (
+    exec(
+      'node ./scripts/set-rn-version.js --to-version 1000.0.0 --build-type dry-run',
+    ).code
+  ) {
     echo('Failed to set version and update package.json ready for release');
     exitCode = 1;
     throw Error(exitCode);
diff --git a/scripts/set-rn-version.js b/scripts/set-rn-version.js
index ad8603471b4..4081ee42afb 100755
--- a/scripts/set-rn-version.js
+++ b/scripts/set-rn-version.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ if (require.main === module) {
     .option('b', {
       alias: 'build-type',
       type: 'string',
+      choices: ['dry-run', 'nightly', 'release'],
       required: true,
     }).argv;