diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump.yml b/.github/workflows/bump.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/bump.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: bump
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - closed
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write      # needed for pushing tags/commits
+
+jobs:
+  bump:
+    # Only run if PR was merged AND has the bump label
+    if: >
+      github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
+      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'bump:patch')
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      # We check out the BASE branch — this is now the merged code — SAFE
+      - name: Checkout merged code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      # Environment
+      - name: Set up Pixi
+        uses: prefix-dev/setup-pixi@v0.8.9
+
+      # Git identity
+      - name: Set Git identity
+        run: |
+          git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+          git config user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+
+      # Bump version
+      - name: Bump version (patch)
+        run: |
+          pixi run bumpver update --patch
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 32ff2b1..d02bede 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,54 +1,13 @@
 name: release
 
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types:
-      - closed
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write      # needed for pushing tags/commits & creating releases
+on: push
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    # Only run if PR was merged AND has the bump label
-    if: >
-      github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
-      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'bump:patch')
-
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
-      # We check out the BASE branch — this is now the merged code — SAFE
-      - name: Checkout merged code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      # Environment
-      - name: Set up Pixi
-        uses: prefix-dev/setup-pixi@v0.8.9
-
-      # Git identity
-      - name: Set Git identity
-        run: |
-          git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
-          git config user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
-
-      # Bump version
-      - name: Bump version (patch)
-        run: |
-          pixi run bumpver update --patch
-
-      - name: Get version tag
-        id: version
-        run: echo "value=$(pixi run current-version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      # Create GitHub Release
-      - name: Create Release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.version.outputs.value }}
-          release_name: "Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.value }}"
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+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
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