diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index a6cb904..d7f1fe1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@ name: Publish
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        description: The branch containing the release code snapshot
+        required: true
+        type: string
+        default: ""
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    tags:
-      - 'v*.*.*'
-  release:
-    types:
-      - published
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   publish-ea:
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') == false
+    if: github.event_name == 'push'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Publish EA release to NPM
     steps:
@@ -70,14 +72,14 @@ jobs:
           npm publish --verbose --tag ea --access public --provenance
 
   publish-release:
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_call' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Publish release to NPM
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch || github.ref }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Install node 24
@@ -90,21 +92,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update npm
         run: npm install -g npm@latest
 
-      - name: Get tag name
-        id: tag
-        run: |
-          TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
-          echo "name=$TAG_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Update package.json with tag version
-        id: update-version
-        run: |
-          TAG_NAME="${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}"
-          # Remove 'v' prefix if present
-          VERSION=${TAG_NAME#v}
-          npm version "$VERSION" --no-git-tag-version
-          echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
       - name: Install project modules
         run: npm ci
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index bf65e44..57f69b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -111,3 +111,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Run Publish pipeline
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/publish.yml
+        with:
+          branch: "release/v${{ steps.bump.outputs.version }}"
+