diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml
index 6abfbdf..a6fcad6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml
@@ -22,25 +22,25 @@ jobs:
       - run: |
           cd ./dist/meerkat-dbm
           echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{secrets.NPMJS_NPM_TOKEN}}" >> .npmrc
-          npm publish
+          npm publish --access public
         continue-on-error: true
 
       - run: |
           cd ./dist/meerkat-core
           echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{secrets.NPMJS_NPM_TOKEN}}" >> .npmrc
-          npm publish
+           npm publish --access public
         continue-on-error: true
 
       - run: |
           cd ./dist/meerkat-node
           echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{secrets.NPMJS_NPM_TOKEN}}" >> .npmrc
-          npm publish
+           npm publish --access public
         continue-on-error: true
 
       - run: |
           cd ./dist/meerkat-browser
           echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{secrets.NPMJS_NPM_TOKEN}}" >> .npmrc
-          npm publish
+           npm publish --access public
         continue-on-error: true
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPMJS_NPM_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/meerkat-dbm/package.json b/meerkat-dbm/package.json
index b7dc85f..3e16726 100644
--- a/meerkat-dbm/package.json
+++ b/meerkat-dbm/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@devrev/meerkat-dbm",
-  "version": "0.1.22",
+  "version": "0.1.23",
   "dependencies": {
     "tslib": "^2.3.0",
     "@devrev/duckdb-wasm": "1.14.3",