diff --git a/utils/npm-publish/__tests__/npm-publish.test.js b/utils/npm-publish/__tests__/npm-publish.test.js
index d43a16b93d..9901f86d38 100644
--- a/utils/npm-publish/__tests__/npm-publish.test.js
+++ b/utils/npm-publish/__tests__/npm-publish.test.js
@@ -187,6 +187,23 @@ describe("npm-publish", () => {
     expect(runLifecycle).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
   });
 
+  it.each([["true"], [true], ["false"], [false]])(
+    "aliases strict-ssl to strictSSL",
+    async (strictSSLValue) => {
+      const opts = { "strict-ssl": strictSSLValue };
+
+      await npmPublish(pkg, tarFilePath, opts);
+
+      expect(publish).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.anything(),
+        expect.anything(),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          strictSSL: strictSSLValue,
+        })
+      );
+    }
+  );
+
   it("calls publish lifecycles", async () => {
     const options = expect.objectContaining({
       projectScope: "@scope",
diff --git a/utils/npm-publish/npm-publish.js b/utils/npm-publish/npm-publish.js
index 6f5973b44c..260317056d 100644
--- a/utils/npm-publish/npm-publish.js
+++ b/utils/npm-publish/npm-publish.js
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ function flattenOptions(obj) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line dot-notation -- (npm v7 compat)
     defaultTag: obj["tag"] || "latest",
     dryRun: obj["dry-run"],
+    // libnpmpublish / npm-registry-fetch check strictSSL rather than strict-ssl
+    strictSSL: obj["strict-ssl"],
     ...obj,
   };
 }