diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-to-discord.yml b/.github/workflows/release-to-discord.yml
index c239d83..89b0bb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-to-discord.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-to-discord.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 name: Release to Discord
 
 on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: ["Release"]
-    types: [completed]
+  release:
+    types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   github-releases-to-discord:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a20e8d8..efde23f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 name: Release
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-  workflow_dispatch:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
 
 permissions:
-  contents: write
-  id-token: write
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: release-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
 
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
         uses: actions/setup-java@v5
@@ -38,14 +42,12 @@ jobs:
     name: Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: test
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
 
       - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v5
@@ -54,25 +56,26 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           cache: 'gradle'
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-
-      - name: Install semantic-release
-        run: npm install -g semantic-release @semantic-release/changelog @semantic-release/git @semantic-release/exec
-
       - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
         run: chmod +x gradlew
 
-      - name: Configure Git
+      - name: Prepare release version
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
         run: |
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          version="${RELEASE_TAG#v}"
 
-      - name: Release
+          if ! [[ "$version" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+([.-][0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?$ ]]; then
+            echo "Release tag must look like v1.2.3 or 1.2.3, got '${RELEASE_TAG}'"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$version" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          perl -0pi -e "s/^version = '.*'$/version = '$version'/m" build.gradle
+          RELEASE_VERSION="$version" perl -0pi -e 's|(<artifactId>lettermint</artifactId>\s*<version>)[^<]+(</version>)|$1$ENV{RELEASE_VERSION}$2|' pom.xml
+
+      - name: Publish to Maven Central
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
           OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
           ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingKeyId: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY_ID }}
@@ -80,4 +83,12 @@ jobs:
           GPG_PRIVATE_KEY_BASE64: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
         run: |
           export ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingKey=$(echo "$GPG_PRIVATE_KEY_BASE64" | base64 -d)
-          npx semantic-release
+          ./gradlew publish --no-daemon
+
+      - name: Release staging repository
+        env:
+          OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+          OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
+        run: |
+          curl --fail-with-body -X POST -u "$OSSRH_USERNAME:$OSSRH_PASSWORD" \
+            https://ossrh-staging-api.central.sonatype.com/manual/upload/defaultRepository/co.lettermint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22b1a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Update Changelog
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [released]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  update:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: main
+
+      - name: Update Changelog
+        uses: stefanzweifel/changelog-updater-action@v1
+        with:
+          latest-version: ${{ github.event.release.name }}
+          release-notes: ${{ github.event.release.body }}
+
+      - name: Commit updated CHANGELOG
+        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v7
+        with:
+          branch: main
+          commit_message: Update CHANGELOG
+          file_pattern: CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/.releaserc.json b/.releaserc.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 72fabb2..0000000
--- a/.releaserc.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "branches": ["main"],
-  "plugins": [
-    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
-    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
-    "@semantic-release/changelog",
-    [
-      "@semantic-release/exec",
-      {
-        "prepareCmd": "sed -i \"s/^version = .*/version = '${nextRelease.version}'/\" build.gradle && sed -i \"s/<version>[0-9]*\\.[0-9]*\\.[0-9]*<\\/version>/<version>${nextRelease.version}<\\/version>/\" pom.xml",
-        "publishCmd": "./gradlew publish --no-daemon && curl -X POST -u \"$OSSRH_USERNAME:$OSSRH_PASSWORD\" https://ossrh-staging-api.central.sonatype.com/manual/upload/defaultRepository/co.lettermint"
-      }
-    ],
-    "@semantic-release/github",
-    [
-      "@semantic-release/git",
-      {
-        "assets": ["CHANGELOG.md", "build.gradle", "pom.xml"],
-        "message": "chore(release): ${nextRelease.version} [skip ci]\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
-      }
-    ]
-  ]
-}