diff --git a/bin/semantic-release.js b/bin/semantic-release.js
index 835fbef6..74055dbb 100755
--- a/bin/semantic-release.js
+++ b/bin/semantic-release.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ npmconf.load({}, function (err, conf) {
     auth: {
       token: env.NPM_TOKEN
     },
+    cafile: conf.get('cafile'),
     loglevel: conf.get('loglevel'),
     registry: require('../src/lib/get-registry')(pkg, conf),
     tag: (pkg.publishConfig || {}).tag || conf.get('tag') || 'latest'