diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 51467fc..9513b61 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ steps:
           echo "Tag '$DRONE_TAG' does not match package.json version '$VERSION'; refusing to publish."
           exit 1
         fi
+      - NPM_HOST=$(echo "$NPM_REPO_URL" | sed -E 's|^[a-z]+://||; s|/*$||')
       - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > /tmp/.npmrc
-      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> /tmp/.npmrc
+      - echo "//$NPM_HOST/:_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> /tmp/.npmrc
       - echo "Checking if $PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION exists on $NPM_REPO_URL ..."
       - |
         if npm view "$PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION" version --userconfig /tmp/.npmrc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -55,8 +56,9 @@ steps:
           echo "NPM_REPO_URL / NPM_USERNAME / NPM_PASSWORD are not set" >&2
           exit 1
         fi
+      - NPM_HOST=$(echo "$NPM_REPO_URL" | sed -E 's|^[a-z]+://||; s|/*$||')
       - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > .npmrc
-      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
+      - echo "//$NPM_HOST/:_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
       - npm install
       - echo "Running quality gate..."
       - npm run quality-gate
@@ -79,8 +81,9 @@ steps:
       NPM_PASSWORD:
         from_secret: NPM_PASSWORD
     commands:
+      - NPM_HOST=$(echo "$NPM_REPO_URL" | sed -E 's|^[a-z]+://||; s|/*$||')
       - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > .npmrc
-      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
+      - echo "//$NPM_HOST/:_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
       - echo "Publishing to private npm at $NPM_REPO_URL ..."
       - npm publish --access restricted
 
@@ -117,8 +120,9 @@ steps:
         from_secret: NPM_PASSWORD
     commands:
       - apk add --no-cache git
+      - NPM_HOST=$(echo "$NPM_REPO_URL" | sed -E 's|^[a-z]+://||; s|/*$||')
       - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > /tmp/.npmrc
-      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> /tmp/.npmrc
+      - echo "//$NPM_HOST/:_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> /tmp/.npmrc
       - |
         set -e