diff --git a/.github/workflows/debugging.yml b/.github/workflows/debugging.yml
index 1bfe4e9c9..bcb117810 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/debugging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/debugging.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,21 @@ on:
       - joeyklee.devops-publish-workflow
 
 jobs:
-  publish-npm:
+  debugging:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Reconfigure git to use HTTP authentication
+        run: >
+          git config --global url."https://github.com/".insteadOf
+          ssh://git@github.com/
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version: "12.x"
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
-      - run: npm ci
-      - run: echo "passed npm ci"
+      - run: npm i
+      - run: echo "passed npm i"
+      - run: npm run build
+      - run: echo "passed build"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 5893cb81a..1add6bb14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -14,12 +14,18 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
-        with:
-          node-version: "12.x"
-          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
-      - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run build
-      - run: npm publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
+          with:
+            persist-credentials: false
+        - name: Reconfigure git to use HTTP authentication
+          run: >
+            git config --global url."https://github.com/".insteadOf
+            ssh://git@github.com/
+        - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+          with:
+            node-version: "12.x"
+            registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+        - run: npm i
+        - run: npm run build
+        - run: npm publish
+          env:
+            NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 733030134..bba7c347a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,14 +39,15 @@ Before getting started with ml5.js, review our [Code of Conduct](https://github.
 
 
 
+
 
 <p id="latest-version">
 
-* You can use the latest version (0.8.8) by adding it to the head section of your HTML document:
+* You can use the latest version (0.8.9) by adding it to the head section of your HTML document:
 
-**v0.8.8**
+**v0.8.9**
 
-    <script src="https://unpkg.com/ml5@0.8.8/dist/ml5.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+    <script src="https://unpkg.com/ml5@0.8.9/dist/ml5.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 
 </p data-id="latest-version">
     
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ Before getting started with ml5.js, review our [Code of Conduct](https://github.
     
     
     
+    
 
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5032eb66d..2e33a54f4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ml5",
-  "version": "0.8.8",
+  "version": "0.8.9",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ml5",
-      "version": "0.8.8",
+      "version": "0.8.9",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@magenta/sketch": "0.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 71117747a..7a41f5238 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ml5",
-  "version": "0.8.8",
+  "version": "0.8.9",
   "description": "A friendly machine learning library for the web.",
   "main": "dist/ml5.min.js",
   "directories": {