diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 04f2b71ff..7766edd6c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "lint": "yarn lint:js bin-src node-src test-stories ./isChromatic.js ./isChromatic.mjs",
     "lint:js": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production eslint --cache --cache-location=.cache/eslint --report-unused-disable-directives",
     "lint:package": "sort-package-json",
-    "release": "./scripts/versionAndBuildForRelease.mjs && auto shipit",
+    "release": "./scripts/release.mjs",
     "prepack": "clean-package",
     "postpack": "clean-package restore",
     "publish-action": "./scripts/publish-action.mjs",
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
     "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
     "@actions/github": "^5.0.0",
     "@antfu/ni": "^0.21.5",
-    "@auto-it/exec": "^11.0.4",
     "@auto-it/slack": "^11.1.6",
     "@discoveryjs/json-ext": "^0.5.7",
     "@eslint-community/eslint-plugin-eslint-comments": "^4.3.0",
@@ -233,12 +232,6 @@
     "plugins": [
       "npm",
       "released",
-      [
-        "exec",
-        {
-          "afterShipIt": "yarn run publish-action"
-        }
-      ],
       [
         "slack",
         {
diff --git a/scripts/publish-action.mjs b/scripts/publish-action.mjs
index 6443cdb00..da1d9f058 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-action.mjs
+++ b/scripts/publish-action.mjs
@@ -75,14 +75,6 @@ const publishAction = async ({ major, version, repo }) => {
     version = pkg.version;
     console.info(`📌 Using context arg: ${context}`);
     console.info(`📌 Using package.json version: ${version}`);
-  } else {
-    const data = JSON.parse(process.env.ARG_0);
-    context = data.context;
-    version = data.newVersion.replace(/^v/, '');
-    console.info(`📌 Using auto shipIt context: ${context}`);
-    console.info(`📌 Using auto shipIt version: ${version}`);
-    console.info(`Commits in release:`);
-    data.commitsInRelease.forEach((c) => console.info(`- ${c.hash.slice(0, 8)} ${c.subject}`));
   }
 
   const [, major, minor, patch] = version.match(/^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)-*(\w+)?/) || [];
@@ -93,11 +85,6 @@ const publishAction = async ({ major, version, repo }) => {
 
   switch (context) {
     case 'canary':
-      if (process.argv[2] !== 'canary') {
-        console.info('Skipping automatic publish of action-canary.');
-        console.info('Run `yarn publish-action canary` to publish a canary action.');
-        return;
-      }
       await publishAction({ major, version, repo: 'chromaui/action-canary' });
       break;
     case 'next':
diff --git a/scripts/versionAndBuildForRelease.mjs b/scripts/release.mjs
similarity index 80%
rename from scripts/versionAndBuildForRelease.mjs
rename to scripts/release.mjs
index 2908aab72..4fe00ec32 100755
--- a/scripts/versionAndBuildForRelease.mjs
+++ b/scripts/release.mjs
@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ async function main() {
     return;
   }
 
+  await build();
+  await $({ stdout: 'inherit', stderr: 'inherit' })`auto shipit`;
+
+  if (process.env.GITHUB_REF === 'main') {
+    await $({ stdout: 'inherit', stderr: 'inherit' })`yarn publish-action latest`;
+  } else {
+    console.info('Skipping automatic publish of action-canary.');
+    console.info('Run `yarn publish-action canary` to publish a canary action.');
+    return;
+  }
+}
+
+async function build() {
   const { stdout: nextVersion } = await $`auto shipit --dry-run --quiet`;
 
   console.info(`📌 Temporarily bumping version to '${nextVersion}' for build step`);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1d308070b..509169bb5 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -138,20 +138,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@auto-it/exec@npm:^11.0.4":
-  version: 11.1.6
-  resolution: "@auto-it/exec@npm:11.1.6"
-  dependencies:
-    "@auto-it/core": "npm:11.1.6"
-    endent: "npm:^2.1.0"
-    fp-ts: "npm:^2.5.3"
-    fromentries: "npm:^1.2.0"
-    io-ts: "npm:^2.1.2"
-    tslib: "npm:2.1.0"
-  checksum: 10c0/190cc3f7f8e676bf7fe04ed0dfb9c3b39591ffb472a412f1890e1329cdbc93610c0780a8fe3a38ec86cb9f089b2a585ad819e649c1df77ba12225b6159224503
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@auto-it/npm@npm:11.1.6":
   version: 11.1.6
   resolution: "@auto-it/npm@npm:11.1.6"
@@ -7539,7 +7525,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@actions/core": "npm:^1.10.0"
     "@actions/github": "npm:^5.0.0"
     "@antfu/ni": "npm:^0.21.5"
-    "@auto-it/exec": "npm:^11.0.4"
     "@auto-it/slack": "npm:^11.1.6"
     "@discoveryjs/json-ext": "npm:^0.5.7"
     "@eslint-community/eslint-plugin-eslint-comments": "npm:^4.3.0"