diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 432888f94..cbc6f3ad3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -69,3 +69,19 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npx bundlesize
+  publish:
+    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/release' }}
+    needs: [build, unit-test, smoke-test, lint]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: 14
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+      - run: node --version
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run rebuild-docker-image
+      - run: npm publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a5bc0449c..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish to NPM
-on:
-  workflow_run:
-    branches:
-      - release
-    workflows:
-      - ci
-    types:
-      - completed
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
-        with:
-          node-version: 14
-          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
-      - run: node --version
-      - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run rebuild-docker-image
-      - run: npm publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}