diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual_npm_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/manual_npm_publish.yml
index 6f90f02..fe1e7ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual_npm_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual_npm_publish.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Authenticate to git.vdb.to registry
         run: |
           npm config set -- '//git.vdb.to/api/packages/cerc-io/npm/:_authToken' "${{ secrets.GITEA_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}"
-      - name: lerna publish
+      - name: yarn lerna publish
         run: |
-          lerna publish from-package --no-git-tag-version --yes
+          yarn lerna publish from-package --no-git-tag-version --yes
+    
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cbb426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "version": "2.9.0",
+  "useWorkspaces": true,
+  "npmClient": "yarn"
+}