diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 78cad793ab6b476ea740ffa5285fdc1949a19f28..0fff7ee820a5db99a75c40448e851573df3ff3ba 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ publish:
       - publish
       - master
   script:
-    - echo //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}' > .npmrc
-    - echo //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}' > packages/auth/.npmrc
+    - echo //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN} > .npmrc
+    - echo //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN} > packages/auth/.npmrc
     - sudo npm install --global can-npm-publish
     - yarn config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
     - yarn config set cache-folder "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/_yarn_cache"