diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 736d03e..57c57f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 20
       - name: install pnpm
         run: npm i pnpm@latest -g
-      - name: Setup npmrc
-        run: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}" > .npmrc
       - name: setup pnpm config
         run: pnpm config set store-dir $PNPM_CACHE_FOLDER
       - name: install dependencies
@@ -45,3 +43,4 @@ jobs:
           version: pnpm run version
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
deleted file mode 100644
index ae64359..0000000
--- a/.npmrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}