diff --git a/lib/config/massage.js b/lib/config/massage.js
index d0d7ec46e7b89033c21c6135a8ecc9e5975fb031..aba2dc15b0cf65c932e7082c4924c762b091eb4c 100644
--- a/lib/config/massage.js
+++ b/lib/config/massage.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function massageConfig(config) {
   for (const [key, val] of Object.entries(config)) {
     if (allowedStrings.includes(key) && is.string(val)) {
       massagedConfig[key] = [val];
-    } else if (key === 'npmToken' && val && val.length < 30) {
+    } else if (key === 'npmToken' && val && val.length < 50) {
       massagedConfig.npmrc = `//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${val}\n`;
       delete massagedConfig.npmToken;
     } else if (is.array(val)) {