diff --git a/jfrog-oauth/run.sh b/jfrog-oauth/run.sh
index 4307373..7fdd6f4 100644
--- a/jfrog-oauth/run.sh
+++ b/jfrog-oauth/run.sh
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ email=${ARTIFACTORY_EMAIL}
 registry=${JFROG_URL}/artifactory/api/npm/${REPOSITORY_NPM}
 EOF
   if [ "$(npm --version | cut -d. -f1)" -ge 9 ]; then
-    echo "//${JFROG_HOST}/artifactory/api/npm/${REPOSITORY_NPM}/:_authToken=$(jf rt curl /api/npm/auth | awk -F'= ' '/_auth =/{print $2}')" >> ~/.npmrc
+    echo "//${JFROG_HOST}/artifactory/api/npm/${REPOSITORY_NPM}/:_authToken=${ARTIFACTORY_ACCESS_TOKEN}" >> ~/.npmrc
   else
-    echo "_auth=$(jf rt curl /api/npm/auth | awk -F'= ' '/_auth =/{print $2}')" >> ~/.npmrc
+    echo "_auth=$(echo -n '${ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME}:${ARTIFACTORY_ACCESS_TOKEN}' | base64)" >> ~/.npmrc
     echo "always-auth=true" >> ~/.npmrc
   fi
 fi
diff --git a/jfrog-token/run.sh b/jfrog-token/run.sh
index 4307373..3dd57d1 100644
--- a/jfrog-token/run.sh
+++ b/jfrog-token/run.sh
@@ -33,13 +33,12 @@ email=${ARTIFACTORY_EMAIL}
 registry=${JFROG_URL}/artifactory/api/npm/${REPOSITORY_NPM}
 EOF
   if [ "$(npm --version | cut -d. -f1)" -ge 9 ]; then
-    echo "//${JFROG_HOST}/artifactory/api/npm/${REPOSITORY_NPM}/:_authToken=$(jf rt curl /api/npm/auth | awk -F'= ' '/_auth =/{print $2}')" >> ~/.npmrc
+    echo "//${JFROG_HOST}/artifactory/api/npm/${REPOSITORY_NPM}/:_authToken=${ARTIFACTORY_ACCESS_TOKEN}" >> ~/.npmrc
   else
-    echo "_auth=$(jf rt curl /api/npm/auth | awk -F'= ' '/_auth =/{print $2}')" >> ~/.npmrc
+    echo "_auth=$(echo -n '${ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME}:${ARTIFACTORY_ACCESS_TOKEN}' | base64)" >> ~/.npmrc
     echo "always-auth=true" >> ~/.npmrc
   fi
 fi
-
 # Configure the `pip` to use the Artifactory "python" repository.
 if [ -z "${REPOSITORY_PYPI}" ]; then
   echo "🤔 no pypi repository is set, skipping pip configuration."