diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c94a00..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-name: publish
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write # Required for OIDC token exchange
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-    - name: check version
-      # cut off the v part of the tag to only search for the number
-      # include the " = " to not match on main, only v* tags
-      run: grep -q " = \"$(echo "${{ github.ref_name }}" | cut -c2-)\"" Cargo.toml 
-    - uses: rust-lang/crates-io-auth-action@v1
-      id: auth
-    - run: cargo publish
-      env:
-        CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 75d80fa..b1c5f08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -71,18 +71,16 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: release
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write # Required for OIDC token exchange
     steps:
-      - run: echo "publish here!"
-    # permissions:
-    #   id-token: write # Required for OIDC token exchange
-    # steps:
-    # - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-    # - name: check version
-    #   # cut off the v part of the tag to only search for the number
-    #   # include the " = " to not match on main, only v* tags
-    #   run: grep -q " = \"$(echo "${{ github.ref_name }}" | cut -c2-)\"" Cargo.toml 
-    # - uses: rust-lang/crates-io-auth-action@v1
-    #   id: auth
-    # - run: cargo publish
-    #   env:
-    #     CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.token }}
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - name: check version
+      # cut off the v part of the tag to only search for the number
+      # include the " = " to not match on main, only v* tags
+      run: grep -q " = \"$(echo "${{ github.ref_name }}" | cut -c2-)\"" Cargo.toml 
+    - uses: rust-lang/crates-io-auth-action@v1
+      id: auth
+    - run: cargo publish
+      env:
+        CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.token }}