diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-npm.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-npm.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0a5940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-npm.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Release NPM
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  id-token: write
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+      - run: pnpm install
+      - name: Upgrade npm
+        run: npm i -g npm@latest
+      - name: Publish to NPM
+        run: pnpm run publish
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e867c84..d1fc210 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "check": "biome check --write",
     "example:dev": "pnpm -C packages/search-widget dev",
     "prepare": "husky",
-    "release:packages": "pnpm -r run release"
+    "publish": "pnpm -r publish --access public --no-git-checks"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
     "*": [
diff --git a/packages/search-widget/package.json b/packages/search-widget/package.json
index c58e4ea..f651e5b 100644
--- a/packages/search-widget/package.json
+++ b/packages/search-widget/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
     "dev": "vite --config vite.config.dev.ts",
     "build": "vite build --config vite.config.lib.ts",
     "lint": "lit-analyzer && eslint 'src/**/*.ts' --fix",
-    "prettier": "prettier \"**/*.{cjs,html,js,json,md,ts}\" --ignore-path ./.gitignore --write"
+    "prettier": "prettier \"**/*.{cjs,html,js,json,md,ts}\" --ignore-path ./.gitignore --write",
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm run build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@lit/localize": "^0.12.2",
diff --git a/packages/widget/package.json b/packages/widget/package.json
index 2ddb47d..919b474 100644
--- a/packages/widget/package.json
+++ b/packages/widget/package.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc && vite build",
     "dev": "vite",