diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 6240f246fd..6fde9bdf62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
           npm config set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken $NPM_AUTH_TOKEN
           # print the NPM user name for validation
           npm whoami
-          VERSION=$(npm -s run env echo '$npm_package_version')
+          VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version" )
           # Only publish stable versions to the latest tag
           if [[ "$VERSION" =~ ^[^-]+$ ]]; then
             NPM_TAG="latest"