diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index ce96c703d9..183c469a56 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -742,6 +742,9 @@ node 'release.slave.openstack.org' {
     mavencentral_password  => hiera('mavencentral_org_password', 'XXX'),
     puppet_forge_username  => hiera('puppet_forge_username', 'username'),
     puppet_forge_password  => hiera('puppet_forge_password', 'XXX'),
+    npm_username           => 'openstackci',
+    npm_userpassword       => hiera('npm_user_password', 'XXX'),
+    npm_userurl            => 'https://openstack.org',
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/release_slave.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/release_slave.pp
index 1eb0646504..0f59b29ff2 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/release_slave.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/release_slave.pp
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ class openstack_project::release_slave (
   $jenkins_gitfullname = 'OpenStack Jenkins',
   $jenkins_gitemail = 'jenkins@openstack.org',
   $project_config_repo = 'https://git.openstack.org/openstack-infra/project-config',
+  $npm_username,
+  $npm_userpassword,
+  $npm_userurl,
 ) {
   class { 'openstack_project::slave':
     ssh_key             => $jenkins_ssh_public_key,
@@ -50,6 +53,10 @@ class openstack_project::release_slave (
     require  => Class['pip'],
   }
 
+  package { ['nodejs', 'nodejs-legacy', 'npm']:
+    ensure   => latest
+  }
+
   file { '/home/jenkins/.pypirc':
     ensure  => present,
     owner   => 'jenkins',
@@ -59,6 +66,15 @@ class openstack_project::release_slave (
     require => File['/home/jenkins'],
   }
 
+  file { '/home/jenkins/.npmrc':
+    ensure  => present,
+    owner   => 'jenkins',
+    group   => 'jenkins',
+    mode    => '0600',
+    content => template('openstack_project/npmrc.erb'),
+    require => File['/home/jenkins'],
+  }
+
   file { '/home/jenkins/.jenkinsci-curl':
     ensure  => present,
     owner   => 'jenkins',
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/templates/npmrc.erb b/modules/openstack_project/templates/npmrc.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b267d8ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/templates/npmrc.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<%
+   require 'base64'
+%>
+init.author.name=<%= jenkins_gitfullname %>
+init.author.email=<%= jenkins_gitemail %>
+init.author.url=<%= npm_userurl %>
+tag-version-prefix=
+sign-git-tag=true
+
+//registry.npmjs.org/:username=<%= npm_username %>
+//registry.npmjs.org/:_password=<%= Base64.encode64(npm_userpassword) %>
+//registry.npmjs.org/:email=<%= jenkins_gitemail %>