diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index f2fa3edb..e0cd6edb 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 registry=https://artifactory.corp.mongodb.com/artifactory/api/npm/npm/
-_email=docs-platform
+_auth=${NPM_BASE_64_AUTH}
+_email=${NPM_EMAIL}
 _always-auth=true
 git-tag-version=false
-//artifactory.corp.mongodb.com/artifactory/api/npm/npm/:_auth=ZG9jcy1wbGF0Zm9ybTpBS0NwOGpSYkRUVjRVRktUM0JSTndlckxrckwyVFdjaDZ4U0d0c3JKZUhyRmtFTExGdFZDNDVnZEMxRGF4ZzZ5ckhNeWt2U0Zv