diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 5cc2df7e..1a638849 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Authenticate with registry
           command: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" > ~/repo/.npmrc
-      - run: yarn release:canary --yes
+      - run: npm run release:canary --yes
 
   release_stable:
     <<: *defaults
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 126f3fc1..c6d384c7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "build:store": "ng-packagr -p packages/store",
     "build:form": "ng-packagr -p packages/form",
     "build:router": "ng-packagr -p packages/router",
-    "release:canary": "lerna publish --canary --npm-tag next",
+    "release:canary": "lerna publish --canary --npm-tag next --npm-client npm",
     "release:stable": "lerna version",
     "release:stable:ci": "lerna publish from-git",
     "clean": "npm-run-all -p clean:*",