diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index f690e13..d4ee304 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -1,24 +1,22 @@
-name: NPM Publish
-
+name: Publish Package to npmjs
 on:
   release:
    types: [published]
-
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: read
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
-
-      - name: Verify & Build
-        run: yarn verify
-
-      - name: Publish
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '18.x'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+          cache: 'yarn'
+      - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+      - run: yarn verify
+      - run: npm publish --access public --provenance
         env:
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        run: ./scripts/publish.sh
-
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }} 
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diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
deleted file mode 100644
index ae64359..0000000
--- a/.npmrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 713c6aa..54a8a70 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "packsize-cli",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.0-alpha.1",
   "author": "rakesh <rake7h@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "package size control on a monorepo",
diff --git a/scripts/publish.sh b/scripts/publish.sh
index ab908ad..68df38a 100755
--- a/scripts/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -e
+set -e -x
 
 # Get the current branch name
-CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+CURRENT_BRANCH="${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
+echo $CURRENT_BRANCH
 
 # Set the npm dist-tag based on the branch name
-if [ "$CURRENT_BRANCH" != "main" ]; then
-  DIST_TAG="experimental"
-else
+if [ "$CURRENT_BRANCH" == "main" ]; then
   DIST_TAG="latest"
+else
+  DIST_TAG="experimental"
 fi
 
+echo $DIST_TAG
+
 # Publish the package with the appropriate dist-tag
-npm publish --tag "$DIST_TAG"
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+# npm publish --tag "$DIST_TAG"
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