diff --git a/lib/publish.js b/lib/publish.js
index ac3e6fee..3af1b9ff 100644
--- a/lib/publish.js
+++ b/lib/publish.js
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ export default async function (npmrc, { npmPublish, pkgRoot }, pkg, context) {
     logger.log(`Publishing version ${version} to npm registry on dist-tag ${distTag}`);
     const result = execa(
       "npm",
-      ["publish", basePath, "--userconfig", npmrc, "--tag", distTag, "--registry", registry],
-      { cwd, env, preferLocal: true }
+      ["publish", "--userconfig", npmrc, "--tag", distTag, "--registry", registry],
+      { cwd: basePath, env, preferLocal: true }
     );
     result.stdout.pipe(stdout, { end: false });
     result.stderr.pipe(stderr, { end: false });