diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 2b622f0d7..e81d0c094 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             npm install
             npm run --if-present build
-      - run: npx xvfb-maybe npm run --if-present test:electron-main --bail
+      - run: npx xvfb-maybe npm run --if-present test:electron-main -- --bail
 
   test-electron-renderer:
     needs: check
@@ -175,12 +175,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             npm install
             npm run --if-present build
-      - run: npx xvfb-maybe npm run --if-present test:electron-renderer --bail
+      - run: npx xvfb-maybe npm run --if-present test:electron-renderer -- --bail
 
   release:
     needs: [test-node, test-chrome, test-firefox, test-electron-main]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && !contains(github.event.head_commit.author.name, 'Github Actions')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
         with:
@@ -205,7 +205,16 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             npm install
             npm run --if-present build
-      - run: npm run --if-present release
+      - run: |
+            git config --global user.email "actions@github.com"
+            git config --global user.name "Github Actions"
+            if [[ -n "${NPM_TOKEN}" ]]; then
+              echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" > .npmrc
+            fi
+            if [[ -n "${DOCKER_TOKEN}" ]] && [[ -n "${DOCKER_USERNAME}" ]]; then
+              echo "$DOCKER_TOKEN" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin
+            fi
+            npm run --if-present release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 12511d5b5..16de03835 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
     "publish": {
       "message": "chore: publish",
       "createRelease": "github",
-      "conventionalCommits": true,
-      "verifyAccess": false
+      "conventionalCommits": true
     },
     "version": {
       "private": false
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a20f3e0c0..345d519b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "build": "lerna run build",
     "lint": "lerna run lint",
     "dep-check": "lerna run dep-check",
-    "release": "lerna run build && lerna publish --force-publish --yes"
+    "release": "lerna publish --yes --loglevel silly 2>&1"
   },
   "bugs": "https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-interfaces/issues",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-interfaces#readme",