diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-wasm.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-wasm.yml
index c93b1c4fb81384..2165ee6667eccd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-wasm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-wasm.yml
@@ -31,16 +31,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: jetli/wasm-bindgen-action@v0.2.0
       - name: "Run wasm-pack build"
         run: wasm-pack build --target web --scope astral-sh crates/ruff_wasm
-      - run: cd crates/ruff_wasm/pkg
-
-      # Need to setup node after moving into generated pkg
-      # Otherwise, the .npmrc generated by the action does not get used since there is no root package.json
-      # The generated .npmrc reads from $NODE_AUTH_TOKEN for npm auth
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 18
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
       - name: "Publish"
-        run: npm publish --provenance --access public
+        run: npm publish --provenance --access public crates/ruff_wasm/pkg
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
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