diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 5c29169b8ac..d25dd8956bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install
         run: |
-          npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1
+          npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1 -- --force
         env:
           CI: true
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install
         run: |
-          npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1
+          npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1 -- --force
         env:
           CI: true
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install
         run: |
-          npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1
+          npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1 -- --force
         env:
           CI: true
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install
         run: |
-          npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1
+          npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1 -- --force
         env:
           CI: true
 
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install
         run: |
-          npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1
+          npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1 -- --force
         env:
           CI: true
 
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install
         run: |
-          npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1
+          npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1 -- --force
         env:
           CI: true
 
diff --git a/scripts/build-on-cloudflare.sh b/scripts/build-on-cloudflare.sh
index 442b8a0f0f6..15aa07fa025 100755
--- a/scripts/build-on-cloudflare.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-on-cloudflare.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [[ $(git rev-parse --is-shallow-repository) = "true" ]]; then
   git fetch --unshallow
 fi
 
-npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1
+npx -y npm-ci-please@^1.1.1 -- --force # TODO remove force
 ./scripts/set-package-version.sh
 npm run lint
 npm run type-check