diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a7d2ec1..58dd294 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ jobs:
           # this will be used in .yarnrc.yml
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        # run: npx semantic-release
-        run: yarn npm publish
+        run: npx semantic-release
+        # run: yarn npm publish
 
diff --git a/.yarnrc.yml b/.yarnrc.yml
index 77537af..f1696f1 100644
--- a/.yarnrc.yml
+++ b/.yarnrc.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 nodeLinker: node-modules
 
-npmAuthToken: ${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}
+npmAuthToken: ${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN-fallback}
 npmAlwaysAuth: true
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