diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 66b3f54f79e5df75c06a5412d3bf1eb02fb57fbc..f744b66da69c6a98f8ff0e308f06ea45f6d4497b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -44,5 +44,7 @@ test:
 publish:
   stage: publish
   script:
-    - npm config set '//it-devops-01:4873/:_authToken' "ZMh1NzlklUTNNvt573Imgw=="
+    - printenv NPM_TOKEN
+    - npm config set //it-devops-01:4873/:_authToken ${NPM_TOKEN}
+    - npm token list --registry $NPM_REGISTRY
     - npm publish --verbose --registry $NPM_REGISTRY