diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm_on_release.yml b/.github/workflows/npm_on_release.yml
index ea8bdeb482..5f84cb9ae8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm_on_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm_on_release.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "20.x"
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
       - run: cd typescript-client && ./publish.sh --provenance --access public && cd ..
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
   publish_cli:
     runs-on: ubicloud-standard-8
     permissions:
@@ -33,3 +35,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
           bun-version: latest
       - run: cd cli && ./build.sh && cd npm && npm publish --provenance --access public
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}