diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3067568..dc6b555 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ jobs:
           git config user.email "${GITHUB_ACTOR}@users.noreply.github.com"
       - run: npm install
       - run: npm install release-it
+      - run: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}" > .npmrc
+      - run: npm run release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - run: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" > .npmrc
-      - run: npm run release
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}