diff --git a/actions/release/action.yml b/actions/release/action.yml
index ba2b717..36602c1 100644
--- a/actions/release/action.yml
+++ b/actions/release/action.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: bun install --frozen-lockfile
 
+    - name: Configure npm auth
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        NPM_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.npm-token }}
+      run: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" > ~/.npmrc
+
     - name: Run multi-semantic-release
       shell: bash
       env:
diff --git a/templates/tools-semantic-release/package.json b/templates/tools-semantic-release/package.json
index 9bc6cc5..98971af 100644
--- a/templates/tools-semantic-release/package.json
+++ b/templates/tools-semantic-release/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     "semantic-release": "^25.0.3",
     "multi-semantic-release": "^3.1.0",
     "@markwylde/semantic-release-gitea": "^2.2.0",
-    "@semantic-release/exec": "^7.0.3",
-    "@semantic-release/npm": "^13.1.5"
+    "@semantic-release/exec": "^7.0.3"
   }
 }
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diff --git a/templates/tools-semantic-release/release.config.cjs b/templates/tools-semantic-release/release.config.cjs
index b7a96b6..388e923 100644
--- a/templates/tools-semantic-release/release.config.cjs
+++ b/templates/tools-semantic-release/release.config.cjs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ module.exports = {
     "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
     "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
     ["@semantic-release/exec", { prepareCmd: "npm pkg set version=${nextRelease.version}" }],
-    ["@semantic-release/npm", { npmPublish: false }],
     "@markwylde/semantic-release-gitea",
   ],
 };