diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-mongosh.yml b/.github/workflows/release-mongosh.yml
index 0b1ae2292..862bdc293 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-mongosh.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-mongosh.yml
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DEVTOOLSBOT_NPM_TOKEN }}
       run: |
-        echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" >> .npmrc
+        echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" >> ~/.npmrc
         npm config list
         echo "Publishing packages as $(npm whoami)"
-        git update-index --assume-unchanged .npmrc
-        npm run publish-packages
\ No newline at end of file
+        npm run publish
\ No newline at end of file