diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 73de8275915c8e..e0b827d829b679 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -599,8 +599,7 @@ jobs:
   # -------------------------
   #      JOBS: Releases
   # -------------------------
-  # Publishes new version onto npm
-  # Only works on stable branches when a properly tagged commit is pushed
+  # Publishes a new version onto npm
   publish_npm_package:
     parameters:
       publish_npm_args:
@@ -608,9 +607,11 @@ jobs:
         default: --nonightly
     executor: reactnativeandroid
     steps:
-      - add_ssh_keys:
-          fingerprints:
-            - "SHA256:nThbg6kXUpJWGl7E1IGOCspRomTxdCARLviKw6E5SY8"
+      - run:
+          name: Add github.com to SSH known hosts
+          command: |
+            mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+            echo '|1|If6MU203eXTaaWL678YEfWkVMrw=|kqLeIAyTy8pzpj8x8Ae4Fr8Mtlc= ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAq2A7hRGmdnm9tUDbO9IDSwBK6TbQa+PXYPCPy6rbTrTtw7PHkccKrpp0yVhp5HdEIcKr6pLlVDBfOLX9QUsyCOV0wzfjIJNlGEYsdlLJizHhbn2mUjvSAHQqZETYP81eFzLQNnPHt4EVVUh7VfDESU84KezmD5QlWpXLmvU31/yMf+Se8xhHTvKSCZIFImWwoG6mbUoWf9nzpIoaSjB+weqqUUmpaaasXVal72J+UX2B+2RPW3RcT0eOzQgqlJL3RKrTJvdsjE3JEAvGq3lGHSZXy28G3skua2SmVi/w4yCE6gbODqnTWlg7+wC604ydGXA8VJiS5ap43JXiUFFAaQ==' >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
       - restore_cache_checkout:
           checkout_type: android
       - run_yarn