diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
index 8590103f5c2..bfa693f1815 100755
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -280,12 +280,13 @@ async function commitChanges(newVersion, gitTag) {
 function releasePackages(newVersion) {
 	const releaseEnv = { ...process.env, ROLLUP_RELEASE: 'releasing' };
 	const releaseTag = semverPreRelease(newVersion) ? ['--tag', 'beta'] : [];
+	const args = ['publish', '--access', 'public', ...releaseTag];
 	return Promise.all([
-		runWithEcho('npm', ['publish', ...releaseTag], {
+		runWithEcho('npm', args, {
 			cwd: new URL('..', import.meta.url),
 			env: releaseEnv
 		}),
-		runWithEcho('npm', ['publish', ...releaseTag], {
+		runWithEcho('npm', args, {
 			cwd: new URL('../browser', import.meta.url),
 			env: releaseEnv
 		})