diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e62c5158..db2b915e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -29,18 +29,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build with hatch
       run: |
         hatch build -c
-
-  pypi-publish:
-    name: upload release to PyPI
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build  # wait for build to finish in order to publish
-    # Specifying a GitHub environment is optional, but strongly encouraged
-    environment: release
-    permissions:
-      # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
-      id-token: write
-    steps:
-      # retrieve your distributions here
-
-      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+    - name: upload release to PyPI
+      permissions:
+        # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
+        id-token: write
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1