diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8ffcadd5470..9b0edbcbacd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -864,6 +864,8 @@ jobs:
           npm dist-tag add @qwik.dev/core@${{ fromJSON(steps.changesets.outputs.publishedPackages)[0].version }} latest
           npm dist-tag add @qwik.dev/router@${{ fromJSON(steps.changesets.outputs.publishedPackages)[0].version }} latest
           npm dist-tag add @qwik.dev/react@${{ fromJSON(steps.changesets.outputs.publishedPackages)[0].version }} latest
+        env:
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Fixup package.json files
         run: pnpm run release.fixup-package-json