diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 4fe6fab5..d443abc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         run: pnpm run test
 
-      - name: Publish package preview
+      - name: Publish Package Preview
         id: package-preview
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (github.actor != 'renovate[bot]' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'create preview package'))
-        env:
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN_PUBLIC_PUBLISH }}
         run: |
           git config user.email "konnectx-engineers+kongponents-bot@konghq.com"
           git config user.name "Kong UI Bot"
@@ -65,7 +63,8 @@ jobs:
           tag="pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
           echo "preid=${preid}"
 
-          echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" > .npmrc
+
+          echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN_PUBLIC_PUBLISH }}" > .npmrc
 
           # Use yarn to bump the version for the prerelease
           yarn version --prerelease --preid ${preid} --no-git-tag-version --yes --amend