diff --git a/scripts/github/release/release-npm.sh b/scripts/github/release/release-npm.sh
index fca96223ac..261d8521f1 100755
--- a/scripts/github/release/release-npm.sh
+++ b/scripts/github/release/release-npm.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 cd $DIR/../../../
 
 VERSION_IN_PACKAGE_JSON=`node -p "require('./package.json')".version;`;
-BRANCH=${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+#BRANCH=${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+BRANCH=${GITHUB_BASE_REF}
 if [[ $BRANCH =~ ^master(-patch.*)?$ ]]
 then
     # Pre-release versions