diff --git a/commands/publish/index.js b/commands/publish/index.js
index 9b1bdb5ed6..1929b34c1d 100644
--- a/commands/publish/index.js
+++ b/commands/publish/index.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class PublishCommand extends Command {
     this.gitReset = this.options.gitReset !== false;
     this.verifyAccess = this.options.verifyAccess !== false;
 
-    // npmSession and user-agent are consumed by npm-registry-fetch (via libnpm/publish)
+    // npmSession and user-agent are consumed by npm-registry-fetch (via libnpmpublish)
     const npmSession = crypto.randomBytes(8).toString("hex");
     const userAgent = `lerna/${this.options.lernaVersion}/node@${process.version}+${process.arch} (${
       process.platform
diff --git a/integration/lerna-publish-error.test.js b/integration/lerna-publish-error.test.js
index 43fcbed936..f6ea70e573 100644
--- a/integration/lerna-publish-error.test.js
+++ b/integration/lerna-publish-error.test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const cloneFixture = require("@lerna-test/clone-fixture")(
   path.resolve(__dirname, "../commands/publish/__tests__")
 );
 
-test("lerna publish sets correct exit code when libnpm/publish fails", async () => {
+test("lerna publish sets correct exit code when libnpmpublish fails", async () => {
   const { cwd } = await cloneFixture("normal");
 
   try {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c3e89b3719..08c0efca54 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@
         "figgy-pudding": "^3.5.1",
         "fs-extra": "^7.0.0",
         "libnpm": "^2.0.1",
+        "libnpmpublish": "^1.1.1",
         "pify": "^3.0.0",
         "read-package-json": "^2.0.13"
       }
diff --git a/utils/npm-publish/__tests__/npm-publish.test.js b/utils/npm-publish/__tests__/npm-publish.test.js
index c349118cfc..d39445548f 100644
--- a/utils/npm-publish/__tests__/npm-publish.test.js
+++ b/utils/npm-publish/__tests__/npm-publish.test.js
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 jest.mock("@lerna/run-lifecycle");
 jest.mock("read-package-json");
-jest.mock("libnpm/publish");
+jest.mock("libnpmpublish");
 jest.mock("fs-extra");
 
 // mocked modules
 const fs = require("fs-extra");
-const publish = require("libnpm/publish");
+const { publish } = require("libnpmpublish");
 const readJSON = require("read-package-json");
 const runLifecycle = require("@lerna/run-lifecycle");
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe("npm-publish", () => {
   const mockManifest = { _normalized: true };
 
   fs.readFile.mockName("fs.readFile").mockResolvedValue(mockTarData);
-  publish.mockName("libnpm/publish").mockResolvedValue();
+  publish.mockName("libnpmpublish").mockResolvedValue();
   readJSON.mockName("read-package-json").mockImplementation((file, cb) => cb(null, mockManifest));
   runLifecycle.mockName("@lerna/run-lifecycle").mockResolvedValue();
 
diff --git a/utils/npm-publish/npm-publish.js b/utils/npm-publish/npm-publish.js
index a29b515c52..2604411e34 100644
--- a/utils/npm-publish/npm-publish.js
+++ b/utils/npm-publish/npm-publish.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const fs = require("fs-extra");
 const log = require("libnpm/log");
-const publish = require("libnpm/publish");
+const { publish } = require("libnpmpublish");
 const pify = require("pify");
 const readJSON = require("read-package-json");
 const figgyPudding = require("figgy-pudding");
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function npmPublish(pkg, tarFilePath, _opts) {
     chain = chain.then(() => Promise.all([fs.readFile(tarFilePath), readJSONAsync(pkg.manifestLocation)]));
     chain = chain.then(([tarData, manifest]) => {
       // non-default tag needs to override publishConfig.tag,
-      // which is merged over opts.tag in libnpm/publish
+      // which is merged over opts.tag in libnpmpublish
       if (
         opts.tag !== "latest" &&
         manifest.publishConfig &&
diff --git a/utils/npm-publish/package.json b/utils/npm-publish/package.json
index d4f2d9a8f8..772bf9c6ab 100644
--- a/utils/npm-publish/package.json
+++ b/utils/npm-publish/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "figgy-pudding": "^3.5.1",
     "fs-extra": "^7.0.0",
     "libnpm": "^2.0.1",
+    "libnpmpublish": "^1.1.1",
     "pify": "^3.0.0",
     "read-package-json": "^2.0.13"
   }