diff --git a/packages/ui-components/src/scripts/publish.mjs b/packages/ui-components/scripts/publish.mjs
similarity index 88%
rename from packages/ui-components/src/scripts/publish.mjs
rename to packages/ui-components/scripts/publish.mjs
index b386c869a5a60..5f75ef47febaa 100644
--- a/packages/ui-components/src/scripts/publish.mjs
+++ b/packages/ui-components/scripts/publish.mjs
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ await writeFile(
 );
 
 // Now, publish the generated `dist` folder
-spawnSync('pnpm', ['publish'], { cwd: 'dist', stdio: 'inherit' });
+spawnSync('pnpm', ['publish', '--no-git-checks'], {
+  cwd: 'dist',
+  stdio: 'inherit',
+});
diff --git a/packages/ui-components/tsconfig.json b/packages/ui-components/tsconfig.json
index 61229203fd8b5..c10b5158c158f 100644
--- a/packages/ui-components/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/ui-components/tsconfig.json
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "outDir": "./dist"
   },
-  "include": ["src"]
+  "include": ["src"],
+  "exclude": ["**/*.test.*", "**/*.stories.tsx"]
 }