diff --git a/.changeset/proud-snakes-destroy.md b/.changeset/proud-snakes-destroy.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df81d736a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/proud-snakes-destroy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-publishing": patch
+---
+
+fix: remove --publish-branch with branch name to npm publish args
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
index 24ae3618ec..b1e0a03c6b 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,20 @@ Do you want to continue?`,
           'prepack',
         ], publishManifest)
       }
-      const { status } = runNpm(opts.npmPath, ['publish', '--ignore-scripts', ...opts.argv.original.slice(1)])
+
+      const args = opts.argv.original.slice(1)
+      const index = args.indexOf('--publish-branch')
+      if (index !== -1) {
+        // If --publish-branch follows with another cli option, only remove this argument
+        // otherwise remove the following argument as well
+        if (args[index + 1]?.startsWith('-')) {
+          args.splice(index, 1)
+        } else {
+          args.splice(index, 2)
+        }
+      }
+
+      const { status } = runNpm(opts.npmPath, ['publish', '--ignore-scripts', ...args])
       if (!opts.ignoreScripts) {
         await _runScriptsIfPresent([
           'publish',
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/test/publish.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/test/publish.ts
index f87978c346..2d5719d8bb 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/test/publish.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/test/publish.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { REGISTRY_MOCK_PORT } from '@pnpm/registry-mock'
 import prepare, { preparePackages } from '@pnpm/prepare'
 import { pack, publish } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-publishing'
 import { DEFAULT_OPTS } from './utils'
+import execa = require('execa')
 import path = require('path')
 import crossSpawn = require('cross-spawn')
 import fs = require('mz/fs')
@@ -599,3 +600,25 @@ test('publish: ignores all the lifecycle scripts when --ignore-scripts is used',
   expect(await exists('package.json')).toBeTruthy()
   expect(await exists('output.json')).toBeFalsy()
 })
+
+test('publish: with specified publish branch name', async () => {
+  prepare({
+    name: 'test-publish-package.json',
+    version: '0.0.2',
+  })
+
+  const branch = 'some-random-publish-branch'
+  await execa('git', ['init'])
+  await execa('git', ['checkout', '-b', branch])
+  await execa('git', ['config', 'user.email', 'x@y.z'])
+  await execa('git', ['config', 'user.name', 'xyz'])
+  await execa('git', ['add', '*'])
+  await execa('git', ['commit', '-m', 'init', '--no-gpg-sign'])
+
+  await publish.handler({
+    ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
+    argv: { original: ['publish', '--publish-branch', branch, ...CREDENTIALS] },
+    dir: process.cwd(),
+    publishBranch: branch,
+  }, [])
+})