diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 921d31fec..41f8aa3de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -110,15 +110,14 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}" > ~/.npmrc
           publish_if_new() {
             local dir=$1
-            local name=$(cd "$dir" && node -p "require('./package.json').name")
-            local version=$(cd "$dir" && node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+            local name=$(node -p "require('./$dir/package.json').name")
+            local version=$(node -p "require('./$dir/package.json').version")
             if npm view "${name}@${version}" version 2>/dev/null; then
               echo "${name}@${version} already published, skipping"
             else
-              (cd "$dir" && npm publish --provenance --access public)
+              npm publish "./$dir" --provenance --access public
             fi
           }
           publish_if_new packages/core