diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2712116d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: NPM Release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  release:
+    types:
+      - published
+jobs:
+  npm_release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: "Checkout code"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: "Fetch unshallow repo"
+        run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
+      - name: Update npm packages to latest version
+        working-directory: ./npm/@fastly/cli
+        run: npm install && npm version "${{ github.ref_name }}" --allow-same-version
+      - name: Publish npm packages
+        working-directory: ./npm/@fastly
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        run: for dir in *; do (echo $dir && cd $dir && npm publish); done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag_release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag_to_draft_release.yml
similarity index 82%
rename from .github/workflows/tag_release.yml
rename to .github/workflows/tag_to_draft_release.yml
index 39cc871bb..48ecb4751 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag_to_draft_release.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Release
+name: Draft Release from Tag
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
@@ -46,11 +46,3 @@ jobs:
           GOHOSTOS: ${{ env.GOHOSTOS }}
           GOHOSTARCH: ${{ env.GOHOSTARCH }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Update npm packages to latest version
-        working-directory: ./npm/@fastly/cli
-        run: npm install && npm version "${{ github.ref_name }}" --allow-same-version
-      - name: Publish npm packages
-        working-directory: ./npm/@fastly
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        run: for dir in *; do (echo $dir && cd $dir && npm publish); done