diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7a5fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    tags: ["*"]
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: 8
+          cache: sbt
+      - run: sbt ci-release
+        env:
+          PGP_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.PGP_PASSPHRASE }}
+          PGP_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PGP_SECRET }}
+          SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+          SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 85e57fe..955d041 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-name: Test and publish
+name: Test
 
 on:
   pull_request:
   push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-    tags: [ v* ]
+    branches:
+      - main
 
 jobs:
-  compile-and-test:
-    name: Compile and test and publish
+  test:
+    name: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -36,33 +36,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
 
-      - name: Compile and test on JDK ${{matrix.java}}, Scala ${{matrix.scala}}
+      - name: Test on JDK ${{matrix.java}}, Scala ${{matrix.scala}}
         run: sbt ++${{matrix.scala}} test
-
-  publish:
-    name: Publish to Maven Central
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    needs: [ compile-and-test ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up JDK 8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 8
-
-      - name: Cache Coursier cache
-        uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
-
-      - name: Publish
-        run: sbt ci-release
-        env:
-          PGP_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PGP_SECRET }}
-          SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
-          SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}