diff --git a/.ado/jobs/npm-publish.yml b/.ado/jobs/npm-publish.yml
index c43af09e3f843b..6a1b9a4db80b0f 100644
--- a/.ado/jobs/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.ado/jobs/npm-publish.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ jobs:
     - template: /.ado/templates/configure-git.yml@self
 
     - script: |
-        PUBLISH_TAG=$(jq -r '.release.version.generatorOptions.currentVersionResolverMetadata.tag' nx.json)
+        PUBLISH_TAG=$(jq -r '.release.version.versionActionsOptions.currentVersionResolverMetadata.tag' nx.json)
+        if [ -z "$PUBLISH_TAG" ] || [ "$PUBLISH_TAG" = "null" ]; then
+          echo "Error: Failed to read publish tag from nx.json"
+          exit 1
+        fi
         echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=publishTag]$PUBLISH_TAG"
         echo "Using publish tag from nx.json: $PUBLISH_TAG"
       displayName: Read publish tag from nx.json
@@ -61,7 +65,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - script: |
           if [[ -f .rnm-publish ]]; then
-            yarn nx release publish --tag ${{ parameters['publishTag'] }} --excludeTaskDependencies 
+            # https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-macos/issues/2580
+            # `nx release publish` gets confused by the output of RNM's prepack script.
+            # Let's call `yarn npm publish` directly instead on the packages we want to publish.
+            # yarn nx release publish --tag ${{ parameters['publishTag'] }} --excludeTaskDependencies
+            yarn ./packages/virtualized-lists npm publish --tag ${{ parameters['publishTag'] }}
+            yarn ./packages/react-native npm publish --tag ${{ parameters['publishTag'] }}
           fi
         displayName: Publish packages
         condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['publish_react_native_macos'], '1'))
diff --git a/packages/nx-release-version/index.js b/packages/nx-release-version/index.js
index 2db1447949c8d5..38f893b0c8d23c 100644
--- a/packages/nx-release-version/index.js
+++ b/packages/nx-release-version/index.js
@@ -84,10 +84,8 @@ const afterAllProjectsVersioned = async (_cwd, _opts) => {
     changedFiles.push(...versionedFiles);
 
     console.log('✅ Updated React Native artifacts');
-    console.log('🏷️  Created .rnm-publish marker file');
-
+    console.table(versionedFiles.map(file => path.relative(REPO_ROOT, file)));
   } catch (error) {
-    console.error('Failed to update React Native artifacts:', error);
     const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
     console.error(`❌ Failed to update React Native artifacts: ${errorMessage}`);
     throw error;