diff --git a/scripts/release/publish-latest b/scripts/release/publish-latest
index 6cbb6f1eaf96e..58842dd9100e3 100755
--- a/scripts/release/publish-latest
+++ b/scripts/release/publish-latest
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ set -u -e -o pipefail
 # Publish them to npm (tagged next)
 
 # query for all npm packages to be released as part of the framework release
-NPM_PACKAGE_LABELS=`yarn bazel query --output=label 'attr("tags", "\[.*release-with-framework.*\]", //packages/...) intersect kind(".*_package", //packages/...)'`
+NPM_PACKAGE_LABELS=`bazel query --output=label 'attr("tags", "\[.*release-with-framework.*\]", //packages/...) intersect kind(".*_package", //packages/...)'`
 # build all npm packages in parallel
-yarn bazel build $NPM_PACKAGE_LABELS
+bazel build $NPM_PACKAGE_LABELS
 # publish all packages in sequence to make it easier to spot any errors or warnings
 for packageLabel in $NPM_PACKAGE_LABELS; do
   echo "publishing $packageLabel"
-  yarn bazel run -- ${packageLabel}.publish --access public --tag latest
+  bazel run -- ${packageLabel}.publish --access public --tag latest
 done
 
diff --git a/scripts/release/publish-next b/scripts/release/publish-next
index a272a554c7d4f..6322bbed5f6bc 100755
--- a/scripts/release/publish-next
+++ b/scripts/release/publish-next
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ set -u -e -o pipefail
 # Publish them to npm (tagged next)
 
 # query for all npm packages to be released as part of the framework release
-NPM_PACKAGE_LABELS=`yarn bazel query --output=label 'attr("tags", "\[.*release-with-framework.*\]", //packages/...) intersect kind(".*_package", //packages/...)'`
+NPM_PACKAGE_LABELS=`bazel query --output=label 'attr("tags", "\[.*release-with-framework.*\]", //packages/...) intersect kind(".*_package", //packages/...)'`
 # build all npm packages in parallel
-yarn bazel build $NPM_PACKAGE_LABELS
+bazel build $NPM_PACKAGE_LABELS
 # publish all packages in sequence to make it easier to spot any errors or warnings
 for packageLabel in $NPM_PACKAGE_LABELS; do
   echo "publishing $packageLabel"
-  yarn bazel run -- ${packageLabel}.publish --access public --tag next
+  bazel run -- ${packageLabel}.publish --access public --tag next
 done