diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index fe595b77..f7352236 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ on:
     pull_request:
         branches:
         # Commits pushed to release/ branches are published on Test PyPI if they
-        # have a new version number.
+        # have a new version number. This allows the maintainer to check the release
+        # before it is pushed to the actual PyPI index.
             - release/**
     release:
+        publish:
 
 jobs: