diff --git a/npm-packages/artifactory_built.yml b/npm-packages/artifactory_built.yml
index ef2164f916f078e8399fa35b63aaad2173081810..2059f3b70bc02b961e35fde3fbfb7b9a197d5ff0 100644
--- a/npm-packages/artifactory_built.yml
+++ b/npm-packages/artifactory_built.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ artifactory:
   script:
     # connect job from artifactory_connect.yml
     - !reference [.connect, script]
+    # reconnect to artifactory
+    - jfrog rt ping
     #create a publish package
     - jfrog rt npm-publish --build-name=$CI_PROJECT_NAME --build-number=$CI_JOB_ID
     # save environment variables into thepackage