diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_npm.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_npm.yml
index 87289214..99d49154 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_npm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_npm.yml
@@ -35,9 +35,16 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "::warning title=Missing authentication token::In order to publish an NPM package, you must set the NPM_TOKEN secret"
         if: ${{ env.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN == '' }}
+      - name: Issue warning if NPM_EMAIL is not set
+        env:
+          NPM_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.NPM_EMAIL }}
+        run: |
+          echo "::warning title=Missing authentication information::In order to publish an NPM package, you must set the NPM_EMAIL secret"
+        if: ${{ env.NPM_EMAIL == '' }}
       - name: Publish NPM package
         env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.NPM_EMAIL }}
         run: npm publish
         working-directory: ./bdist/js
-        if: ${{ env.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN != '' }}
+        if: ${{ env.NPM_AUTH_TOKEN != '' }}