diff --git a/lib/verify-auth.js b/lib/verify-auth.js
index bd7efc08..6386d2fd 100644
--- a/lib/verify-auth.js
+++ b/lib/verify-auth.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module.exports = async (npmrc, pkg, context) => {
 
   if (normalizeUrl(registry) === normalizeUrl(DEFAULT_NPM_REGISTRY)) {
     try {
-      const whoamiResult = execa('npm', ['whoami', '--userconfig', npmrc, '--registry', registry], {
+      const whoamiResult = execa('npm', ['whoami', '--userconfig', npmrc, '--registry', registry, '--no-workspaces'], {
         cwd,
         env,
         preferLocal: true,