diff --git a/.ci/azure-pipelines-api-client.yml b/.ci/azure-pipelines-api-client.yml
index fc89b90d4e..de6bbf04ce 100644
--- a/.ci/azure-pipelines-api-client.yml
+++ b/.ci/azure-pipelines-api-client.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ jobs:
       inputs:
         script: "wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/openapitools/openapi-generator-cli/${{ parameters.GeneratorVersion }}/openapi-generator-cli-${{ parameters.GeneratorVersion }}.jar -O openapi-generator-cli.jar"
 
+## Authenticate with npm registry
+    - task: npmAuthenticate@0
+      inputs:
+        workingFile: ./.npmrc
+        customEndpoint: 'jellyfin-bot for NPM'
+
 ## Generate npm api client
 # Unstable
     - task: CmdLine@2
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcbd4bcf6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/
+@{unstable}:registry=https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/jellyfin-project/jellyfin/_packaging/unstable/npm/registry/
+always-auth=true
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