diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index ec3e90e..4917c7b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ jobs:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           COMMIT: ${{ needs.version.outputs.commit }}
         run: |
-          npm version prerelease --preid="$COMMIT" --git-tag-version=false --allow-same-version=true
           npm config set -- '//gitea.watsonlabs.net/api/packages/watsonb8/npm/:_authToken' "$NPM_TOKEN"
+          npm version prerelease --preid="$COMMIT" --git-tag-version=false --allow-same-version=true
           npm publish
   
   deploy: