diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index be174874..56f1dac5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write
   pull-requests: write
+  id-token: write
 
 name: Release Please
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - id: release
         name: Release Please
-        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@5c625bfb5d1ff62eadeeb3772007f7f66fdcf071 # v4
 
         with:
           release-type: node
@@ -44,11 +45,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
 
       - if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         name: Setup Node for Dependency Installation
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@3235b876344d2a9aa001b8d1453c930bba69e610 # v3
         with:
           node-version: 20
           cache: npm
@@ -57,17 +58,54 @@ jobs:
         name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
-      # Now configure node with the registry used for publishing
-      - if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
-        name: Setup Node for Publishing
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - name: Authenticate to Google Cloud for OSS Exit Gate
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        id: auth
+        uses: google-github-actions/auth@7c6bc770dae815cd3e89ee6cdf493a5fab2cc093 # v3
         with:
-          node-version: 20
-          registry-url: "https://wombat-dressing-room.appspot.com/"
+          token_format: 'access_token'
+          workload_identity_provider: 'projects/305452601764/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/builders/providers/github'
 
-      - if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
-        name: Publish
-        # npm publish will trigger the build via the prepack hook
-        run: npm publish
+      - name: Set up Cloud SDK
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@aa5489c8933f4cc7a4f7d45035b3b1440c9c10db # v3
+
+      - name: Clean up stale releases from staging repo
+        run: |
+          # clean up stale releases from staging repo
+          packages=$(gcloud artifacts packages list \
+              --project="oss-exit-gate-prod" \
+              --location="us" \
+              --repository="js-api-loader--npm" \
+              --format="value(name)" 2>/dev/null)
+
+          echo "${packages}" | xargs -r -I {} sh -c '
+              package_name=$(basename "{}")
+              echo "Deleting package: $package_name..."
+              gcloud artifacts packages delete "{}" \
+                  --project="oss-exit-gate-prod" \
+                  --location="us" \
+                  --repository="js-api-loader--npm" \
+                  --quiet
+          '
+
+      - name: Stage to Artifact Registry and trigger OSS Exit Gate
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_WOMBAT_TOKEN }}
+          ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.access_token }}
+          RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
+          RUN_ATTEMPT: ${{ github.run_attempt }}
+        run: |
+          cat << 'NPMRC' > "$HOME/.npmrc"
+          registry=https://us-npm.pkg.dev/oss-exit-gate-prod/js-api-loader--npm/
+          //us-npm.pkg.dev/oss-exit-gate-prod/js-api-loader--npm/:always-auth=true
+          //us-npm.pkg.dev/oss-exit-gate-prod/js-api-loader--npm/:_authToken=${ACCESS_TOKEN}
+          NPMRC
+          trap 'rm -f "$HOME/.npmrc"' EXIT
+          npm publish --access public --registry="https://us-npm.pkg.dev/oss-exit-gate-prod/js-api-loader--npm/"
+          cat << 'MANIFEST' > manifest.json
+          {
+            "publish_all": true
+          }
+          MANIFEST
+          gcloud storage cp manifest.json "gs://oss-exit-gate-prod-projects-bucket/js-api-loader/npm/manifests/manifest-${RUN_ID}-${RUN_ATTEMPT}.json"