diff --git a/.github/actions/cached-ui-deps/action.yml b/.github/actions/cached-ui-deps/action.yml
index 339784e5e..e399cc7ad 100644
--- a/.github/actions/cached-ui-deps/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/cached-ui-deps/action.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ runs:
         cache: 'yarn'
         cache-dependency-path: 'ui/yarn.lock'
         node-version-file: 'ui/package.json'
+        # required for publishing
+        registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
     - name: Install Dependencies
       working-directory: ui
       run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile