diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 285f962..928c115 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "test": "nyc mocha --require node_modules/chai/register-expect --timeout 5000 tests/**/*.test.js*",
     "deploy:prepare": "./scripts/create_npmrc_file.sh",
-    "release": "standard-version --release-as 1.6.0",
+    "release": "standard-version --release-as 1.6.1",
     "release:trigger": "./scripts/trigger-release.sh"
   },
   "author": "Stanley Ng <stanleyhlng77-dev@yahoo.com.hk",
diff --git a/scripts/ci/lib/publish.sh b/scripts/ci/lib/publish.sh
index 59a3970..7196a1f 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/lib/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/lib/publish.sh
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ echo "--> Releasing version ${VERSION}"
 
 echo "--> Releasing artifacts"
 echo "    Publishing cypress-multi-reporters@${VERSION}..."
-npm publish --tag latest --dry-run
+npm publish --tag latest
 echo "    done!"