diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-npm-package.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-npm-package.yml
index 021286899f32..b66c24e6d0f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-npm-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-npm-package.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ jobs:
               unset CC_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu && unset CC && RUSTFLAGS='-C target-feature=+sse2' cargo build --manifest-path ../../bindings/swc_cli/Cargo.toml --release --features plugin --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu &&
               rm -rf ../../bindings/target/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/.cargo-lock &&
               cp ../../bindings/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/swc . && chmod +x ./swc &&
-              yarn build --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+              if [[ ${{ inputs.package }} == "core" ]]; then
+                yarn build --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --no-default-features --features swc_v1
+              else
+                yarn build --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+              fi
           - host: ubuntu-latest
             target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
             # musl build is slow, let's disable the LTO