diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e94941..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [created,published]
-
-jobs:
-  build-n-publish:
-    name: Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment:
-      name: PyPI
-      url: https://pypi.org/p/scrapling
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.12
-
-      - name: Upgrade pip
-        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-
-      - name: Install build
-        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade build twine setuptools
-
-      - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
-        run: python3 -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/
-
-      - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml b/.github/workflows/release-and-publish.yml
similarity index 62%
rename from .github/workflows/auto-release.yml
rename to .github/workflows/release-and-publish.yml
index 372a960..81705b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-and-publish.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-name: Create Release
-# Creates a GitHub release when a PR is merged to main, using the PR title as the version (must start with 'v') and PR body as release notes.
+name: Create Release and Publish to PyPI
+# Creates a GitHub release when a PR is merged to main (using PR title as version and body as release notes), then publishes to PyPI.
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@ on:
       - main
 
 jobs:
-  create-release:
+  create-release-and-publish:
     if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: PyPI
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/scrapling
     permissions:
       contents: write
+      id-token: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -50,4 +54,21 @@ jobs:
           draft: false
           prerelease: false
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.12
+
+      - name: Upgrade pip
+        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+
+      - name: Install build
+        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade build twine setuptools
+
+      - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
+        run: python3 -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/
+
+      - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
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