diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bf590854bd0f47683ddf32ca18a429921ce64da3..82f35c037c6e70a4fefbbb8e884f8e8f14162bce 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ Publish npm:
     - tags@ghsc/nshmp/disagg-d3
   before_script:
     - npm ci
+    - git config user.email "${GITLAB_USER_EMAIL}"
+    - git config user.name "${GITLAB_USER_NAME}"
     - echo '//gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/npm/:_authToken=${CI_JOB_TOKEN}'>.npmrc
   script:
     - npx standard-version --release-as ${CI_COMMIT_TAG} --skip.commit --skip.changelog