diff --git a/scripts/publish-npm-packages.sh b/scripts/publish-npm-packages.sh
index 537ef8cfab7..3b279e81905 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-npm-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish-npm-packages.sh
@@ -44,3 +44,17 @@ echo "$registry_without_protocol/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" >> ~/.npmrc
 for file in ./npm-artifacts/*.tgz; do
     npm publish "$file" --tag "$dist_tag" --registry "$registry"
 done
+
+# Check if any files in packages/grafana-e2e-selectors were changed. If so, add a 'modified' tag to the package
+CHANGES_COUNT=$(git diff HEAD~1..HEAD --name-only -- packages/grafana-e2e-selectors | awk 'END{print NR}')
+if (( $CHANGES_COUNT > 0 )); then
+    # Wait a little bit to allow the package to be published to the registry
+    sleep 5s
+    regex_pattern="canary: ([0-9.-]+)"
+    TAGS=$(npm dist-tag ls @grafana/e2e-selectors)
+    if [[ $TAGS =~ $regex_pattern ]]; then
+        echo "$CHANGES_COUNT file(s) in packages/grafana-e2e-selectors were changed. Adding 'modified' tag to @grafana/e2e-selectors@${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+        npm dist-tag add @grafana/e2e-selectors@${BASH_REMATCH[1]} modified
+    fi
+fi
+