diff --git a/lib/authutil.js b/lib/authutil.js
index d428b4e4..ba3b3226 100644
--- a/lib/authutil.js
+++ b/lib/authutil.js
@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@ const path = __importStar(require("path"));
 const core = __importStar(require("@actions/core"));
 const github = __importStar(require("@actions/github"));
 function configAuthentication(registryUrl) {
-    const npmrc = path.resolve(process.env['RUNNER_TEMP'] || process.cwd(), '.npmrc');
+    // const npmrc: string = path.resolve(
+    //   process.env['RUNNER_TEMP'] || process.cwd(),
+    //   '.npmrc'
+    // );
     if (!registryUrl.endsWith('/')) {
         registryUrl += '/';
     }
+    const npmrc = path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.npmrc');
     writeRegistryToFile(registryUrl, npmrc);
 }
 exports.configAuthentication = configAuthentication;
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ function writeRegistryToFile(registryUrl, fileLocation) {
         : `registry=${registryUrl}`;
     newContents += `${authString}${os.EOL}${registryString}`;
     fs.writeFileSync(fileLocation, newContents);
-    core.exportVariable('NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG', fileLocation);
+    //   core.exportVariable('NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG', fileLocation);
     // Export empty node_auth_token so npm doesn't complain about not being able to find it
-    core.exportVariable('NODE_AUTH_TOKEN', 'XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX');
+    // core.exportVariable('NODE_AUTH_TOKEN', 'XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX');
 }
diff --git a/src/authutil.ts b/src/authutil.ts
index 9285bb90..d4a44c91 100644
--- a/src/authutil.ts
+++ b/src/authutil.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ import * as core from '@actions/core';
 import * as github from '@actions/github';
 
 export function configAuthentication(registryUrl: string) {
-  const npmrc: string = path.resolve(
-    process.env['RUNNER_TEMP'] || process.cwd(),
-    '.npmrc'
-  );
+  // const npmrc: string = path.resolve(
+  //   process.env['RUNNER_TEMP'] || process.cwd(),
+  //   '.npmrc'
+  // );
   if (!registryUrl.endsWith('/')) {
     registryUrl += '/';
   }
+  const npmrc: string = path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.npmrc');
 
   writeRegistryToFile(registryUrl, npmrc);
 }
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ function writeRegistryToFile(registryUrl: string, fileLocation: string) {
     : `registry=${registryUrl}`;
   newContents += `${authString}${os.EOL}${registryString}`;
   fs.writeFileSync(fileLocation, newContents);
-  core.exportVariable('NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG', fileLocation);
+  //   core.exportVariable('NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG', fileLocation);
   // Export empty node_auth_token so npm doesn't complain about not being able to find it
-  core.exportVariable('NODE_AUTH_TOKEN', 'XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX');
+  // core.exportVariable('NODE_AUTH_TOKEN', 'XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX');
 }