diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-aztec-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-aztec-packages.yml
index b6a74a2f854..d28c577f875 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-aztec-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-aztec-packages.yml
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           concurrency_key: publish-npm
           dockerhub_password: "${{ env.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}"
-      
+
       - name: Publish bb.js NPM package
         run: |
           DEPLOY_TAG=${{ env.DEPLOY_TAG }}
@@ -335,10 +335,10 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./aztec-up/terraform
         run: |
           terraform init
-          if [ "${{ github.ref_name }}" == "master" ]; then
-            TAG=master
-          else
+          if [ -n "${{ env.DEPLOY_TAG }}" ]; then
             TAG=${{ env.DEPLOY_TAG }}
+          else
+            TAG=${{ github.ref_name }}
           fi
           export TF_VAR_VERSION=${TAG#aztec-packages-v}
           terraform apply -auto-approve
diff --git a/l1-contracts/Earthfile b/l1-contracts/Earthfile
index f8932184cfe..821f4e7befc 100644
--- a/l1-contracts/Earthfile
+++ b/l1-contracts/Earthfile
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ publish-npm:
     ARG VERSION
     ARG DIST_TAG
     ARG DRY_RUN=0
-    RUN --secret NPM_TOKEN echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" > /usr/src/barretenberg/ts/.npmrc
     WORKDIR /usr/src/l1-contracts
+    RUN --secret NPM_TOKEN echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" > .npmrc
     RUN jq --arg v $VERSION '.version = $v' package.json > _tmp.json && mv  _tmp.json package.json
     RUN if [ "$DRY_RUN" = "1" ]; then \
         npm publish --tag $DIST_TAG --access public --dry-run; \