diff --git a/npm-packages/artifactory_built.yml b/npm-packages/artifactory_built.yml
index 0e69c3dc3546b15260c39c5bb33b21e5137d8a97..ef2164f916f078e8399fa35b63aaad2173081810 100644
--- a/npm-packages/artifactory_built.yml
+++ b/npm-packages/artifactory_built.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ artifactory:
     GIT_STRATEGY: none
   script:
     # connect job from artifactory_connect.yml
-    - !reference [connect, script]
+    - !reference [.connect, script]
     #create a publish package
     - jfrog rt npm-publish --build-name=$CI_PROJECT_NAME --build-number=$CI_JOB_ID
     # save environment variables into thepackage
diff --git a/npm-packages/artifactory_connect.yml b/npm-packages/artifactory_connect.yml
index b884fb645d0e143ad2927c252e82d976e29fec10..da6aa2cac35eea946822064b61b69fca34937de7 100644
--- a/npm-packages/artifactory_connect.yml
+++ b/npm-packages/artifactory_connect.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-connect:
+.connect:
   script:
     #set root user
     - npm -g config set user root
diff --git a/npm-packages/build_typescript.yml b/npm-packages/build_typescript.yml
index d1c7c7e33cabb07be7974282334d13014ddd9d5b..5d316c877efe847d0cfe09293beaca0a34da61bd 100644
--- a/npm-packages/build_typescript.yml
+++ b/npm-packages/build_typescript.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ build:
         - dist/**/*
     script:
       # connect job from artifactory_connect.yml
-      - !reference [connect, script]
+      - !reference [.connect, script]
       # install dependencies
       - jfrog rt npm-install  --build-name=$CI_PROJECT_NAME --build-number=$CI_JOB_ID
       # build the package