diff --git a/packages/bcp/nonces/1580975947 b/packages/bcp/nonces/1580975947
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diff --git a/packages/faucet/nonces/1580975947 b/packages/faucet/nonces/1580975947
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diff --git a/packages/sdk/nonces/1580975947 b/packages/sdk/nonces/1580975947
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diff --git a/scripts/add_nonces.sh b/scripts/add_nonces.sh
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--- /dev/null
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
+command -v shellcheck > /dev/null && shellcheck "$0"
+
+# This must be called from repo root as current directory
+
+NONCE=$(date +%s)
+
+for packagedir in ./packages/*; do
+  if [[ -d "$packagedir" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p "$packagedir/nonces"
+    echo "Directory used to trigger lerna package updates for all packages" \
+      > "$packagedir/nonces/README.txt"
+    touch "$packagedir/nonces/$NONCE"
+    echo "Added nonce to package $packagedir"
+  fi
+done