diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 5479d7d2..6e0891a4 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ jobs:
           working_directory: packages/metro
           command: yarn --no-progress
       - save-cache: *save-cache
+      - run:
+          command: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" >> ~/.npmrc
       - run:
           working_directory: ~/metro
           command: npm run publish