diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2a11ebf4d1e979775199857a82966c303283cd13..2da5fd2afc86543e8a613f9514dfdc635fff5fc9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ npm:
   #  dependencies: ["build"]
   script:
     - cd generated/npm
-    - echo '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}'>.npmrc
+    - echo '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}'>~/.npmrc
     - npm publish
   only:
     - tags