diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 19e692f..e1c9c4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 name: Publish to pub.dev
 
 on:
-  workflow_call: # called when release-please steps.release.outputs.release_created
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
   workflow_dispatch: # manually trigger if previous runs failed
 
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index ad63dc3..bb1c17e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -35,9 +35,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.SYNCED_GITHUB_TOKEN_REPO }}
           release-type: dart
-
-  publish:
-    needs: release-please
-    if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_ready }}
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish.yml
-    secrets: inherit