diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily.yml b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
index 0fec115fa..6805b3b99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish nightly version to NPM
         if: steps.check_changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
-        run: COLOR=1 NPM_VERSION=nightly ./make.sh js
+        run: |
+          export NPM_VERSION=nightly
+          COLOR=1 ./make.sh js
         env:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets._GITHUB_TOKEN }}