diff --git a/tag_publish/publish.py b/tag_publish/publish.py
index a8af249..9bc2ad9 100644
--- a/tag_publish/publish.py
+++ b/tag_publish/publish.py
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ def node(
                     old_npmrc = open_file.read()
             with open(npmrc_filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as open_file:
                 open_file.write(f"//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken={os.environ['GITHUB_TOKEN']}\n")
-                open_file.write(f"registry=https://{repo_config['host']}\n")
                 open_file.write("always-auth=true\n")
 
+        subprocess.run(["npm", "set", "registry", f'https://{repo_config["host"]}'], cwd=cwd, check=True)
         subprocess.run(["npm", "publish", *([] if publish else ["--dry-run"]), *args], cwd=cwd, check=True)
 
         if is_github: