failed to publish old (prehistoric) npm package

npm output

npm http PUT https://registry.npmjs.org/wake_on_lan
npm http 409 https://registry.npmjs.org/wake_on_lan
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/wake_on_lan
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/wake_on_lan
npm http PUT https://registry.npmjs.org/wake_on_lan/0.0.2/-tag/latest
npm http 403 https://registry.npmjs.org/wake_on_lan/0.0.2/-tag/latest
npm ERR! Error sending version data
npm ERR! Error: forbidden _npmUser field must be object
npm ERR! (You probably need to upgrade your npm version): wake_on_lan/0.0.2/-tag/latest
npm ERR!     at Request._callback (/Users/david/projects/node.js/node_install/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/request.js:182:12)
npm ERR!     at Request.callback (/Users/david/projects/node.js/node_install/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/main.js:104:22)
npm ERR!     at Request.<anonymous> (/Users/david/projects/node.js/node_install/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/main.js:450:18)
npm ERR!     at Request.emit (events.js:67:17)
npm ERR!     at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/Users/david/projects/node.js/node_install/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/main.js:404:16)
npm ERR!     at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:88:20)
npm ERR!     at HTTPParser.onMessageComplete (http.js:137:23)
npm ERR!     at CleartextStream.ondata (http.js:1124:24)
npm ERR!     at CleartextStream._push (tls.js:363:27)
npm ERR!     at SecurePair.cycle (tls.js:685:20)
npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!     <npm-@googlegroups.com>
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! System Darwin 10.8.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/Users/david/projects/node.js/node_install/bin/npm" "publish" "."
npm ERR! cwd /Users/david/projects/node.js/node_wake_on_lan
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.6
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-beta-4
npm ERR! message forbidden _npmUser field must be object
npm ERR! message (You probably need to upgrade your npm version): wake_on_lan/0.0.2/-tag/latest
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/david/projects/node.js/node_wake_on_lan/npm-debug.log
npm not ok