diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eb9575f..9008c8b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ release_py: pre
 .PHONY: publish_py
 publish_py: test_py
 	docker pull quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64
-	docker run -it --rm -v $(shell pwd):/raptorq-ro:ro quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64 /raptorq-ro/py_publish.sh
+	@MATURIN_PYPI_TOKEN=$(shell cat ~/.pypi/raptorq_token) docker run -it --rm -e "MATURIN_PYPI_TOKEN" -v $(shell pwd):/raptorq-ro:ro quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64 /raptorq-ro/py_publish.sh
 
 .PHONY: install_py
 install_py: pre
diff --git a/py_publish.sh b/py_publish.sh
index 3e5c130..f6d1fe7 100755
--- a/py_publish.sh
+++ b/py_publish.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ source /tmp/venv/bin/activate
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3 -m pip install 'maturin>=1.0,<2.0'
 
-python3 -m maturin publish
+python3 -m maturin publish --username __token__