diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-authkit.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-authkit.yaml
index a39c124..d15cf48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-authkit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-authkit.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 name: Publish AuthKit Package to NPM
 
 on:
-  release:
-    types: [created]
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "authkit-node-[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -23,4 +24,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish
         run: npm publish --access public
         env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
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+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
deleted file mode 100644
index ae64359..0000000
--- a/.npmrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}
diff --git a/packages/connections/package.json b/packages/connections/package.json
index 330e36e..469147a 100644
--- a/packages/connections/package.json
+++ b/packages/connections/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@picahq/authkit-node",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
   "description": "Secure token generation for Pica AuthKit",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@
   },
   "gitHead": "35ff51f0afc618c5413ef9bab778f4dcf582b8ab",
   "homepage": "https://picaos.com"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}