diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 6f6ed6d6..dbc7ef38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: publish-package
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   release:
     types: [created]
 jobs:
@@ -10,8 +11,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+          always-auth: true
           node-version: 20.x
 
+      - run: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}" > ~/.npmrc
+
       - name: Setup expo cli
         uses: expo/expo-github-action@v8
         with: