diff --git a/tag_publish/cli.py b/tag_publish/cli.py
index 7305fb1..dbdcfb2 100644
--- a/tag_publish/cli.py
+++ b/tag_publish/cli.py
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ def _handle_docker_publish(
     success = True
     docker_config = config.get("docker", {})
     if docker_config:
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        sys.stderr.flush()
         if docker_config.get("auto_login", tag_publish.configuration.DOCKER_AUTO_LOGIN_DEFAULT):
             subprocess.run(
                 [
diff --git a/tag_publish/publish.py b/tag_publish/publish.py
index 3435980..3a47933 100644
--- a/tag_publish/publish.py
+++ b/tag_publish/publish.py
@@ -142,18 +142,17 @@ def node(
         is_github = repo_config["server"] == "npm.pkg.github.com"
         old_npmrc = None
         npmrc_filename = os.path.expanduser("~/.npmrc")
-        env = {**os.environ}
         if is_github:
             old_npmrc = None
             if os.path.exists(npmrc_filename):
                 with open(npmrc_filename, encoding="utf-8") as open_file:
                     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['server']}\n")
                 open_file.write("always-auth=true\n")
-            env["NODE_AUTH_TOKEN"] = os.environ["GITHUB_TOKEN"]
 
-        subprocess.run(["npm", "publish", *([] if publish else ["--dry-run"])], cwd=cwd, check=True, env=env)
+        subprocess.run(["npm", "publish", *([] if publish else ["--dry-run"])], cwd=cwd, check=True)
 
         if is_github:
             if old_npmrc is None: