diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-cli-on-prerelease-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-cli-on-prerelease-pr.yml
index c11ed25..b36a0e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-cli-on-prerelease-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-cli-on-prerelease-pr.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           script: require('./.github/versioning.js').verify({ github, context, core })
 
+      - name: set publishing config
+        run: pnpm config set '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken' "${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}"
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
+
       - run: pnpm i
       - run: pnpm --filter=bumpgen run build
       - run: pnpm --filter=bumpgen publish --tag next --access public
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-core-on-prerelease-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-core-on-prerelease-pr.yml
index e698148..afac759 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-core-on-prerelease-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-core-on-prerelease-pr.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           script: require('./.github/versioning.js').verify({ github, context, core })
 
+      - name: set publishing config
+        run: pnpm config set '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken' "${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}"
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
+
       - run: pnpm i
       - run: pnpm --filter=@repo/bumpgen-core run build
       - run: pnpm --filter=@repo/bumpgen-core publish --tag next --access public
diff --git a/tooling/github/setup/action.yml b/tooling/github/setup/action.yml
index c1efe45..8b61924 100644
--- a/tooling/github/setup/action.yml
+++ b/tooling/github/setup/action.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ runs:
         registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
         cache: "pnpm"
 
-    - name: set publishing config
-      shell: bash
-      run: pnpm config set '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken' "${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}"
-      env:
-        NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
-
     - shell: bash
       run: pnpm add -g turbo