diff --git a/.github/scripts/publish_canary.sh b/.github/scripts/publish_canary.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..0d846c109075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/publish_canary.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Used in the publish-canary.yml GitHub Action workflow.
+
+echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_AUTH_TOKEN}" > .npmrc
+
+TAG='canary' && [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" = 'next' ]] && TAG='next'
+echo "Publishing $TAG"
+
+args=()
+
+if [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" = 'main' ]]; then
+  args+=(premajor)
+fi
+
+args+=(
+  --include-merged-tags
+  --canary
+  --exact
+  --preid "$TAG"
+  --dist-tag "$TAG"
+  --force-publish
+  --loglevel verbose
+  --no-git-reset
+)
+
+# `echo 'n'` to answer "no" to the "Are you sure you want to publish these
+#   packages?" prompt.
+# `|&` to pipe both stdout and stderr to grep. Mostly do this keep the github
+#   action output clean.
+# At the end we use awk to increase the commit count by 1, because we'll commit
+#   updated package.jsons in the next step, which will increase increase the
+#   final number that lerna will use when publishing the canary packages.
+echo 'n' \
+  | yarn lerna publish "${args[@]}" \
+  |& grep '\-canary\.' \
+  | tail -n 1 \
+  | sed 's/.*=> //' \
+  | sed 's/\+.*//' \
+  | awk -F. '{ $NF = $NF + 1 } 1' OFS=. \
+  > canary_version
+
+sed "s/\"@redwoodjs\/\(.*\)\": \".*\"/\"@redwoodjs\/\1\": \"$(cat canary_version)\"/" \
+  packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/package.json > tmpfile \
+  && mv tmpfile packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/package.json
+sed "s/\"@redwoodjs\/\(.*\)\": \".*\"/\"@redwoodjs\/\1\": \"$(cat canary_version)\"/" \
+  packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/api/package.json > tmpfile \
+  && mv tmpfile packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/api/package.json
+sed "s/\"@redwoodjs\/\(.*\)\": \".*\"/\"@redwoodjs\/\1\": \"$(cat canary_version)\"/" \
+  packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/web/package.json > tmpfile \
+  && mv tmpfile packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/web/package.json
+
+sed "s/\"@redwoodjs\/\(.*\)\": \".*\"/\"@redwoodjs\/\1\": \"$(cat canary_version)\"/" \
+  packages/create-redwood-app/templates/ts/package.json > tmpfile \
+  && mv tmpfile packages/create-redwood-app/templates/ts/package.json
+sed "s/\"@redwoodjs\/\(.*\)\": \".*\"/\"@redwoodjs\/\1\": \"$(cat canary_version)\"/" \
+  packages/create-redwood-app/templates/ts/api/package.json > tmpfile \
+  && mv tmpfile packages/create-redwood-app/templates/ts/api/package.json
+sed "s/\"@redwoodjs\/\(.*\)\": \".*\"/\"@redwoodjs\/\1\": \"$(cat canary_version)\"/" \
+  packages/create-redwood-app/templates/ts/web/package.json > tmpfile \
+  && mv tmpfile packages/create-redwood-app/templates/ts/web/package.json
+
+git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
+git config user.email "<>"
+
+git commit -am "Update create-redwood-app templates to use canary packages"
+
+args+=(--yes)
+yarn lerna publish "${args[@]}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-canary.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-canary.yml
index 41acfa7226ab..44afbf5f5a72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-canary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-canary.yml
@@ -54,74 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn test
 
       - name: 🚢 Publish
-        run: |
-          echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_AUTH_TOKEN}" > .npmrc
-
-          TAG='canary' && [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" = 'next' ]] && TAG='next'
-          echo "Publishing $TAG"
-
-          args=()
-
-          if [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" = 'main' ]]; then
-            args+=(premajor)
-          fi
-
-          args+=(
-            --include-merged-tags
-            --canary
-            --exact
-            --preid "$TAG"
-            --dist-tag "$TAG"
-            --force-publish
-            --loglevel verbose
-            --no-git-reset
-          )
-
-          # `echo 'n'` to answer "no" to the "Are you sure you want to publish
-          #   these packages?" prompt.
-          # `|&` to pipe both stdout and stderr to grep. Mostly do this keep
-          #   the github action output clean.
-          # At the end we use awk to increase the commit count by 1, because
-          #   we'll commit updated package.jsons in the next step, which will
-          #   increase increase the final number that lerna will use when
-          #   publishing the canary packages.
-          echo 'n' \
-            | yarn lerna publish "${args[@]}" \
-            |& grep '\-canary\.' \
-            | tail -n 1 \
-            | sed 's/.*=> //' \
-            | sed 's/\+.*//' \
-            | awk -F. '{ $NF = $NF + 1 } 1' OFS=. \
-            > canary_version
-
-          cat packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/package.json \
-            | sed "s/\"@redwoodjs\/\(.*\)\": \".*\"/\"@redwoodjs\/\1\": \"$(cat canary_version)\"/" \
-            > packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/package.json
-          cat packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/api/package.json \
-            | sed "s/\"@redwoodjs\/\(.*\)\": \".*\"/\"@redwoodjs\/\1\": \"$(cat canary_version)\"/" \
-            > packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/api/package.json
-          cat packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/web/package.json \
-            | sed "s/\"@redwoodjs\/\(.*\)\": \".*\"/\"@redwoodjs\/\1\": \"$(cat canary_version)\"/" \
-            > packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/web/package.json
-
-          cat packages/create-redwood-app/templates/ts/package.json \
-            | sed "s/\"@redwoodjs\/\(.*\)\": \".*\"/\"@redwoodjs\/\1\": \"$(cat canary_version)\"/" \
-            > packages/create-redwood-app/templates/ts/package.json
-          cat packages/create-redwood-app/templates/ts/api/package.json \
-            | sed "s/\"@redwoodjs\/\(.*\)\": \".*\"/\"@redwoodjs\/\1\": \"$(cat canary_version)\"/" \
-            > packages/create-redwood-app/templates/ts/api/package.json
-          cat packages/create-redwood-app/templates/ts/web/package.json \
-            | sed "s/\"@redwoodjs\/\(.*\)\": \".*\"/\"@redwoodjs\/\1\": \"$(cat canary_version)\"/" \
-            > packages/create-redwood-app/templates/ts/web/package.json
-
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
-          git config user.email "<>"
-
-          git commit -am "Update create-redwood-app templates to use canary packages"
-
-          args+=(--yes)
-          yarn lerna publish "${args[@]}"
-
+        run: ./.github/scripts/publish_canary.sh
         env:
           NPM_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_AUTH_TOKEN }}