diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1f46122..2b41b76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+      id-token: write
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -92,6 +97,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 22
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
@@ -102,5 +108,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
         run: npx semantic-release
diff --git a/.releaserc.json b/.releaserc.json
index ec47b84..0c2ec20 100644
--- a/.releaserc.json
+++ b/.releaserc.json
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
     "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
     "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
     "@semantic-release/changelog",
-    "@semantic-release/npm",
+    [
+      "@semantic-release/npm",
+      {
+        "npmPublish": true,
+        "pkgRoot": "."
+      }
+    ],
     "@semantic-release/github",
     [
       "@semantic-release/git",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a21e54e..e1f09e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "git://github.com/feathersjs/feathers-elasticsearch.git"
+    "url": "https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers-elasticsearch.git"
   },
   "author": {
     "name": "Feathers contributors",