diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index d13b4d1..58659a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write # Required for OIDC
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   npm-publish:
@@ -11,12 +17,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2.1.4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 20
+          node-version: '20'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: yarn
@@ -28,11 +35,8 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn build
 
       - name: Publish if version has been updated
-        uses: pascalgn/npm-publish-action@1.3.9
+        run: yarn npm publish --access public
         with:
           tag_name: 'v%s'
           tag_message: 'v%s'
           commit_pattern: "Release (\\S+)"
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # automatically generated
-          NPM_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_AUTH_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index da67c9c..3a7c3cb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lambda-essentials-ts",
-  "version": "7.0.2",
+  "version": "7.0.3",
   "description": "A selection of the finest modules supporting authorization, API routing, error handling, logging and sending HTTP requests.",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "private": false,