diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-tag.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-tag.yml
index 1148bd0..bab7fad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-tag.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Auto Tag on Release PR Merge
+name: Auto Tag & Publish on Release PR Merge
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
+    outputs:
+      tag: ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -27,3 +29,35 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git tag "${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}"
           git push origin "${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}"
+
+  publish:
+    needs: tag
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.tag }}
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run build
+      - run: npm test
+
+      - name: Determine npm tag
+        id: npm-tag
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ needs.tag.outputs.tag }}"
+          VERSION="${VERSION#v}"
+          if echo "$VERSION" | grep -qE '(alpha|beta|rc|next)'; then
+            echo "tag=next" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "tag=latest" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - run: npm publish --tag ${{ steps.npm-tag.outputs.tag }}
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a4a2c1..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish to npm
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - 'v*'
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-
-      - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run build
-      - run: npm test
-      - name: Determine npm tag
-        id: npm-tag
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}"
-          if echo "$VERSION" | grep -qE '(alpha|beta|rc|next)'; then
-            echo "tag=next" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            echo "tag=latest" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          fi
-
-      - run: npm publish --tag ${{ steps.npm-tag.outputs.tag }}
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}