diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index e3e8ff912..de94db533 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - uses: Automattic/vip-actions/npm-publish@c8022b66e78461df4f802b935dc0dbb8399f96bc # v0.7.4
+        env:
+          # npm@12 no longer supports npm-shrinkwrap.json with npm ci in this repository.
+          NPM_CONFIG_TAG: next-11
         with:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           USE_TRUSTED_PUBLISHING: 'true'
@@ -57,6 +60,9 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - uses: Automattic/vip-actions/npm-publish-prerelease@c8022b66e78461df4f802b935dc0dbb8399f96bc # v0.7.4
+        env:
+          # npm@12 no longer supports npm-shrinkwrap.json with npm ci in this repository.
+          NPM_CONFIG_TAG: next-11
         with:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           USE_TRUSTED_PUBLISHING: 'true'