diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4493b19..6e3353b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -59,13 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           overwrite: true
   release_github:
     name: Publish to GitHub Releases
-    needs:
-      - release
-      - release_npm
-      - release_maven
-      - release_pypi
-      - release_nuget
-      - release_golang
+    needs: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
diff --git a/.projenrc.ts b/.projenrc.ts
index 72cb58c..8d72781 100644
--- a/.projenrc.ts
+++ b/.projenrc.ts
@@ -128,5 +128,7 @@ releaseWorkflow?.addOverride("on.push", {
     ".github/**/*.md",
   ],
 });
+// always publish a new GitHub release, even when publishing to a particular package manager fails
+releaseWorkflow?.addOverride("jobs.release_github.needs", "release");
 
 project.synth();