diff --git a/modules/node_modules/@knit/knit/tasks/publish.js b/modules/node_modules/@knit/knit/tasks/publish.js
index 83a6ea0f..3ca68e91 100644
--- a/modules/node_modules/@knit/knit/tasks/publish.js
+++ b/modules/node_modules/@knit/knit/tasks/publish.js
@@ -10,16 +10,21 @@ const knit = require('@knit/knit');
 
 const createPublishTask = (m) => ({
   title: m,
-  task: ctx => execa('yarn', [
-    'publish', path.join(needle.paths.modules, m)
-  ])
+  task: ctx => {
+    const moduleDir = path.join(needle.paths.modules, m);
+    return execa('yarn', [
+      'publish', moduleDir,
+    ], {
+      cwd: moduleDir,
+    });
+  },
 });
 
 const tasks = [
   {
-    title: "publishing updated modules",
-    task: ctx => new Listr(ctx.updated.map(createPublishTask), {concurrent: true})
+    title: 'publishing updated modules',
+    task: ctx => new Listr(ctx.updated.map(createPublishTask), { concurrent: true }),
   },
-]
+];
 
 module.exports = tasks;