diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bed5dcf8040..1f4e468c646 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+* Fix an issue with the publishing script
+
+    This release fixes a missing dependency issue in the publishing script where it was previously possible for the published binary executable to have an incorrect version number.
+
 ## 0.14.4
 
 * Adjust esbuild's handling of `default` exports and the `__esModule` marker ([#532](https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/532), [#1591](https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/1591), [#1719](https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/1719))
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 92497cbfb62..55444ad06af 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ wasm-napi-exit0-windows:
 	main.bat
 	rm -f main.*
 
-platform-all: cmd/esbuild/version.go
+platform-all:
 	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -j4 \
 		platform-windows \
 		platform-windows-32 \
@@ -237,19 +237,19 @@ platform-all: cmd/esbuild/version.go
 		platform-neutral \
 		platform-deno
 
-platform-windows:
+platform-windows: cmd/esbuild/version.go
 	node scripts/esbuild.js npm/esbuild-windows-64/package.json --version
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build $(GO_FLAGS) -o npm/esbuild-windows-64/esbuild.exe ./cmd/esbuild
 
-platform-windows-32:
+platform-windows-32: cmd/esbuild/version.go
 	node scripts/esbuild.js npm/esbuild-windows-32/package.json --version
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=386 go build $(GO_FLAGS) -o npm/esbuild-windows-32/esbuild.exe ./cmd/esbuild
 
-platform-windows-arm64:
+platform-windows-arm64: cmd/esbuild/version.go
 	node scripts/esbuild.js npm/esbuild-windows-arm64/package.json --version
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=arm64 go build $(GO_FLAGS) -o npm/esbuild-windows-arm64/esbuild.exe ./cmd/esbuild
 
-platform-unixlike:
+platform-unixlike: cmd/esbuild/version.go
 	@test -n "$(GOOS)" || (echo "The environment variable GOOS must be provided" && false)
 	@test -n "$(GOARCH)" || (echo "The environment variable GOARCH must be provided" && false)
 	@test -n "$(NPMDIR)" || (echo "The environment variable NPMDIR must be provided" && false)
@@ -309,9 +309,6 @@ platform-neutral: esbuild
 platform-deno: esbuild
 	node scripts/esbuild.js ./esbuild --deno
 
-test-otp:
-	test -n "$(OTP)" && echo publish --otp="$(OTP)"
-
 publish-all:
 	@npm --version > /dev/null || (echo "The 'npm' command must be in your path to publish" && false)
 	@echo "Checking for uncommitted/untracked changes..." && test -z "`git status --porcelain | grep -vE 'M (CHANGELOG\.md|version\.txt)'`" || \
diff --git a/cmd/esbuild/version.go b/cmd/esbuild/version.go
index 8a01d0230aa..44e5a3e7a33 100644
--- a/cmd/esbuild/version.go
+++ b/cmd/esbuild/version.go
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 package main
 
-const esbuildVersion = "0.14.3"
+const esbuildVersion = "0.14.4"