diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_publish.yaml
index 3e4f088..4d2e23b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_publish.yaml
@@ -57,14 +57,11 @@ jobs:
 
       # Install Build stuff
       - name: Install Dependencies
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          npm version ${{ github.ref }}
+          npm version --no ${{ github.ref }}
           npm install
+          npm publish 
 
-
-      # Publish
-      - name: Publish
-        uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v1
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-          access: public
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+      
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diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d09a328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# when we run npm version, we don't want to create a git tag
+git-tag-version=false
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