diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-components.yml b/.github/workflows/release-components.yml
index 9dddd996..bc43319f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-components.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-components.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     paths:
       - 'components/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/release-components.yml'
     branches:
       - main
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index aa1a28ec..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# TODO: delete after npmjs.org is configured to accept release-components
-name: release components
-
-on:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - 'components/**'
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-permissions:
-  id-token: write
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    name: Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: ./components
-
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      issues: write
-      id-token: write
-      pull-requests: write
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
-        with:
-          node-version: 24.18
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'
-          package-manager-cache: false
-      - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm audit signatures
-      - name: Release
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: npm run semantic-release