diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ececa5232..f4cffe940 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ jobs:
             no\n" > ~/.ssh/config
       - run: git config --global user.email "danny.ri.brown+ohif-bot@gmail.com"
       - run: git config --global user.name "ohif-bot"
+      - run:
+          name: Authenticate with registry
+          command:
+            echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" > ~/repo/.npmrc
       - run:
           npx lerna version --allow-branch monorepo --conventional-commits
           --conventional-prerelease=* --create-release github