diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f960aa8a..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-name: publish
-on: push
-jobs:
-  main:
-    name: Publish CI tagged release for MDX
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: dcodeIO/setup-node-nvm@master
-      - run: 'echo "to do: figure out npm"'
-      # - run: npm install -g yarn && yarn --frozen-lockfile
-      #   env:
-      #     CI: 'true'
-      # - name: Publish CI tag to npm
-      #   if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-      #   run: |
-      #     npm set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken $NPM_AUTH_TOKEN
-      #     yarn publish-ci
-      #   env:
-      #     NPM_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_AUTH_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/docs/community/contribute.server.mdx b/docs/community/contribute.server.mdx
index d7f114951..84eaa883e 100644
--- a/docs/community/contribute.server.mdx
+++ b/docs/community/contribute.server.mdx
@@ -97,9 +97,23 @@ This produces the website in `public/`.
 
 To release a new version, do:
 
-*   Draft a release for the next version (vX.X.X)
-*   `yarn && yarn test && yarn lerna publish --force-publish`
-*   Publish release on GitHub
+1.  update `version`s of packages with a patch, minor, or major (make sure to
+    update dependency ranges on monorepo packages when needed):
+    ```sh
+    npm version minor --workspaces --no-git-tag-version
+    ```
+2.  commit and tag using the version (without `v`) as the message:
+    ```sh
+    git commit --all --message 1.2.3 && git tag 1.2.3 && git push && git push --tags
+    ```
+3.  release to the npm registry:
+    ```sh
+    npm publish --workspaces
+    ```
+4.  add a changelog entry for the release on GitHub:
+    ```sh
+    open https://github.com/mdx-js/mdx/releases
+    ```
 
 ## Resources
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9997896d5..7b238cc5c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@
     "docs-deploy": "vercel && vercel alias $(pbpaste) mdxjs.com && vercel alias $(pbpaste) www.mdxjs.com",
     "format": "remark . -qfo && remark . -e mdx -u mdx -qfo && prettier . -w --loglevel warn && xo --fix",
     "lint": "remark . -qf && remark . -e mdx -u mdx -qf && prettier . -c --loglevel warn && xo",
-    "publish-ci": "# lerna publish -y --canary --preid ci --pre-dist-tag ci",
-    "publish-next": "# lerna publish --force-publish=\"*\" --pre-dist-tag next --preid next",
     "build": "npm run build --workspaces --if-present",
     "test-api": "npm run test-api --workspaces --if-present",
     "test-coverage": "npm run test-coverage --workspaces --if-present",