npm: NPM publish: SemanticReleaseError: Invalid npm token.

Current behavior

Can’t publish with valid token using semantic-release. Running from local machine in dry run mode using:
GH_TOKEN=*** NPM_TOKEN=*** npx semantic-release.

Running npm publish with the same token works as expected.
npm version: 6.11.3 node version: v12.12.0

Expected behavior

Semantic-release should be able to publish to npm successfully.

Environment

• semantic-release version: 15.13.27
• CI environment: github actions
• Plugins used:

"@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
"@semantic-release/changelog",
"@semantic-release/github
"@semantic-release/npm",
@semantic-release/release-notes-generator

• semantic-release configuration:

"release": {
    "branch": "master",
    "plugins": [
      "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
      "@semantic-release/changelog",
      "@semantic-release/github",
      [
        "@semantic-release/npm",
        {
          "pkgRoot": "dist/ng-select"
        }
      ],
      "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
    ]
  }

• Logs running in dry mode on local machine:

[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Running semantic-release version 15.13.27
[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "verifyConditions" from "@semantic-release/changelog"
[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "verifyConditions" from "@semantic-release/github"
[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "verifyConditions" from "@semantic-release/npm"
[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "analyzeCommits" from "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "generateNotes" from "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "prepare" from "@semantic-release/changelog"
[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "prepare" from "@semantic-release/npm"
[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "publish" from "@semantic-release/github"
[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "publish" from "@semantic-release/npm"
[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "success" from "@semantic-release/github"
[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Loaded plugin "fail" from "@semantic-release/github"
[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ⚠  This run was not triggered in a known CI environment, running in dry-run mode.
[4:12:33 PM] [semantic-release] › ⚠  Run automated release from branch master in dry-run mode
[4:12:37 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Allowed to push to the Git repository
[4:12:37 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/changelog"
[4:12:37 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Completed step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/changelog"
[4:12:37 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/github"
[4:12:37 PM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/github] › ℹ  Verify GitHub authentication
[4:12:37 PM] [semantic-release] › ✔  Completed step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/github"
[4:12:37 PM] [semantic-release] › ℹ  Start step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/npm"
[4:12:37 PM] [semantic-release] [@semantic-release/npm] › ℹ  Verify authentication for registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
https://registry.npmjs.org/
Error: Command failed with exit code 1 (EPERM): npm whoami --registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
    at makeError (/Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/@semantic-release/npm/node_modules/execa/lib/error.js:59:11)
    at handlePromise (/Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/@semantic-release/npm/node_modules/execa/index.js:112:26)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)
    at async module.exports (/Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/@semantic-release/npm/lib/verify-auth.js:20:7)
    at async verifyConditions (/Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/@semantic-release/npm/index.js:33:7)
    at async validator (/Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/semantic-release/lib/plugins/normalize.js:34:24)
    at async /Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/semantic-release/lib/plugins/pipeline.js:37:34
    at async /Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/semantic-release/lib/plugins/pipeline.js:31:3
    at async Object.pluginsConf.<computed> [as verifyConditions] (/Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/semantic-release/lib/plugins/index.js:80:11)
    at async run (/Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/semantic-release/index.js:84:3) {
  command: 'npm whoami --registry https://registry.npmjs.org/',
  exitCode: 1,
  exitCodeName: 'EPERM',
  stdout: '',
  stderr: 'npm ERR! cb() never called!\n' +
    '\n' +
    'npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:\n' +
    'npm ERR!     <https://npm.community>\n' +
    '\n' +
    'npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:\n' +
    'npm ERR!     /Users/tadeus/.npm/_logs/2019-11-01T14_12_39_078Z-debug.log',
  all: 'npm ERR! cb() never called!\n' +
    '\n' +
    'npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:\n' +
    'npm ERR!     <https://npm.community>\n' +
    '\n' +
    'npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:\n' +
    'npm ERR!     /Users/tadeus/.npm/_logs/2019-11-01T14_12_39_078Z-debug.log',
  failed: true,
  timedOut: false,
  isCanceled: false,
  killed: false,
  signal: undefined
}
[4:12:39 PM] [semantic-release] › ✖  Failed step "verifyConditions" of plugin "@semantic-release/npm"
[4:12:39 PM] [semantic-release] › ⚠  Skip step "fail" of plugin "@semantic-release/github" in dry-run mode
[4:12:39 PM] [semantic-release] › ✖  EINVALIDNPMTOKEN Invalid npm token.
The npm token configured in the NPM_TOKEN environment variable must be a valid token allowing to publish to the registry https://registry.npmjs.org/.

If you are using Two-Factor Authentication, make configure the auth-only level is supported. semantic-release cannot publish with the default auth-and-writes level.

Please make sure to set the NPM_TOKEN environment variable in your CI with the exact value of the npm token.

AggregateError:
    SemanticReleaseError: Invalid npm token.
        at module.exports (/Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/@semantic-release/npm/lib/get-error.js:6:10)
        at module.exports (/Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/@semantic-release/npm/lib/verify-auth.js:23:33)
    at /Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/semantic-release/lib/plugins/pipeline.js:54:11
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)
    at async Object.pluginsConf.<computed> [as verifyConditions] (/Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/semantic-release/lib/plugins/index.js:80:11)
    at async run (/Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/semantic-release/index.js:84:3)
    at async module.exports (/Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/semantic-release/index.js:170:22)
    at async module.exports (/Users/tadeus/git/ng-select/node_modules/semantic-release/cli.js:55:5) {
  name: 'AggregateError'
}%