diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-packages.yml
index f0312ca39..8d62d586e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-packages.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ jobs:
             echo "Released and tagged $TAG"
           done
       - run: node ./scripts/publishPackages ${{ env.TAGS }}
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
       - run: node ./scripts/createRelease ${{ env.TAGS }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index 971875518..2d610958c 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 legacy-peer-deps=true
 registry=https://registry.npmjs.org
-//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}