diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-node.js.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-node.js.yml
index e68a319..9fcfec8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-node.js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-node.js.yml
@@ -13,15 +13,19 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:    
+        ref: ${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}    
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
       with:
         node-version: 16
         cache: 'npm'
+    - run: git config --global user.name "GitHub CD bot"
+    - run: git config --global user.email "github-cd-bot@example.com"        
     - run: npm version ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}      
-    - run: npm publish
-      env:
-        # Use a token to publish to NPM. See below for how to set it up
-        NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+    - uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v1
+      with:
+        token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
     # push the version changes to GitHub
     - run: git push
       env: