diff --git a/.github/release.sh b/.github/release.sh
index 06626843608..5879321ed6f 100755
--- a/.github/release.sh
+++ b/.github/release.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ echo "Doing a release..."
 LOG=$(git log --format="%s" -1 | grep -Poe "#\d+")
 PR_NUM=${LOG:1}
 
-yarn run lerna publish --conventional-commits --conventional-prerelease --dist-tag=prerelease --yes 2>&1 | tee lerna-output.txt
+yarn run lerna publish --conventional-commits --conventional-prerelease --dist-tag=prerelease --yes --no-private 2>&1 | tee lerna-output.txt
 
 # use lerna command below for dry run
 # yarn run lerna version --conventional-commits --conventional-prerelease --yes --no-git-tag-version --no-push
diff --git a/packages/react-integration/package.json b/packages/react-integration/package.json
index 1b034d683ff..c504628edfb 100644
--- a/packages/react-integration/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-integration/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "@patternfly/react-integration",
-  "private": true,
   "version": "5.1.1-prerelease.0",
   "description": "Integration testing for PF5 using demo applications",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
@@ -19,6 +18,9 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly-react/issues"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly-react#readme",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "restricted"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "build:integration:report": "cd results && junit-merge * && node ../scripts/junit2html.js",
     "clean": "rimraf cypress/videos cypress/screenshots",