diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
index b2712116d..ab1cf1a2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ jobs:
         run: npm install && npm version "${{ github.ref_name }}" --allow-same-version
       - name: Publish npm packages
         working-directory: ./npm/@fastly
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        run: for dir in *; do (echo $dir && cd $dir && npm publish); done
+        run: |
+          for dir in *; do
+            (
+              echo $dir
+              cd $dir
+              npm config set "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken" "${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}"
+              npm publish
+            )
+          done