diff --git a/.changeset/rare-pianos-buy.md b/.changeset/rare-pianos-buy.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ade286a1ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rare-pianos-buy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-publishing": patch
+---
+
+Copy the `.npmrc` from the root of the repository.
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
index c6a2d2ada3..e662715cba 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { promises as fs } from 'fs'
+import { promises as fs, existsSync } from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import { docsUrl, readProjectManifest } from '@pnpm/cli-utils'
 import { Config, types as allTypes } from '@pnpm/config'
@@ -193,10 +193,18 @@ Do you want to continue?`,
       }
 
       const cwd = manifest.publishConfig?.directory ? path.join(dir, manifest.publishConfig.directory) : dir
+      const localNpmrc = path.join(cwd, '.npmrc')
+      const copyNpmrc = !existsSync(localNpmrc) && opts.workspaceDir && existsSync(path.join(opts.workspaceDir, '.npmrc'))
+      if (copyNpmrc && opts.workspaceDir) {
+        await fs.copyFile(path.join(opts.workspaceDir, '.npmrc'), localNpmrc)
+      }
 
       const { status } = runNpm(opts.npmPath, ['publish', '--ignore-scripts', ...args], {
         cwd,
       })
+      if (copyNpmrc) {
+        await rimraf(localNpmrc)
+      }
 
       _status = status!
     }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/test/recursivePublish.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/test/recursivePublish.ts
index 80356277db..94bf8efa78 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/test/recursivePublish.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/test/recursivePublish.ts
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ test('recursive publish', async () => {
     },
   ])
 
-  await fs.writeFile(path.join(pkg1.name, '.npmrc'), CREDENTIALS, 'utf8')
-  await fs.writeFile(path.join(pkg2.name, '.npmrc'), CREDENTIALS, 'utf8')
+  await fs.writeFile('.npmrc', CREDENTIALS, 'utf8')
 
   await publish.handler({
     ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
@@ -250,8 +249,7 @@ test('recursive publish writes publish summary', async () => {
     },
   ])
 
-  await fs.writeFile('@pnpmtest/test-recursive-publish-project-3/.npmrc', CREDENTIALS, 'utf8')
-  await fs.writeFile('@pnpmtest/test-recursive-publish-project-4/.npmrc', CREDENTIALS, 'utf8')
+  await fs.writeFile('.npmrc', CREDENTIALS, 'utf8')
 
   process.env.npm_config_userconfig = path.join('.npmrc')
   await publish.handler({