diff --git a/.circleci/publish-codebuild.sh b/.circleci/publish-codebuild.sh
index bf60e4be5cd..58367ee7e66 100755
--- a/.circleci/publish-codebuild.sh
+++ b/.circleci/publish-codebuild.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ git fetch --tags https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-cli
 function lernaPublishExitOnFailure {
   # exit on failure
   set -e
+  if [[ "$LOCAL_PUBLISH_TO_LATEST" == "true" ]]; then
+    # registy URL update changes .yarnrc.yml file
+    git update-index --assume-unchanged .yarnrc.yml
+  fi
+  
   # run lerna publish with the args that were passed to this function
   # duplicate stdout to a temp file
   # grep the temp file for the lerna err token and return exit 1 if found (-v option inverts grep exit code)