diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 426a0891..ae40b3af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,84 +1,14 @@
-# Run whenever code is pushed or when manually triggers from Github UI
+# Run whenever code is pushed
 on:
   push:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version:
-        description: '(Optional) Version name, in format v1.2.3'
-        required: false
 
-name: Build & Release
+name: Build
 
 jobs:
-  prepare-release:
-    name: Prepare Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
-    outputs:
-      version: ${{ steps.pkg.outputs.prop }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Use Node.js 20
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20'
-      - name: Configure git user & email
-        run: |
-          git config user.name Github Actions
-          git config user.email actions@github.com
-      - name: Prepare new version
-        run: npx standard-version --release-as '${{ github.event.inputs.version }}'
-      - name: Commit changes
-        run: git push --follow-tags
-      - name: Get package version
-        id: pkg
-        uses: notiz-dev/github-action-json-property@release
-        with:
-          path: 'package.json'
-          prop_path: 'version'
-  create-release:
-    name: Create Release
-    # Run this job after prepare-release, whether or not it runs, and run on
-    # either a tag push or when manually triggered
-    if: always() && (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')))
-    needs: prepare-release
-    outputs:
-      tag: ${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.tag }}
-      upload_url: ${{ steps.release.outputs.upload_url }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Get tag name
-        id: get_tag
-        run: |
-          if [[ -n '${{ needs.prepare-release.outputs.version }}' ]]; then
-            TAG=v${{ needs.prepare-release.outputs.version }}
-          else
-            # Use bash parameter expansion to remove refs/tags/ from GITHUB_REF
-            TAG=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
-          fi
-          echo ::set-output name=tag::$TAG
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        continue-on-error: true # Ignore failure if release already exists
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.tag }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.tag }}
-          body: |
-            For changes see [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md)
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
   build:
     # This step runs on every push, ensures there is an artifact for each push
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    if: always()
-    needs: [prepare-release, create-release]
-    outputs:
-      artifact: ${{ steps.filename.outputs.filename }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -89,13 +19,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get version
         id: version
         run: |
-          # Use either the git tag or the git commit sha to identify the version
-          if [[ -n '${{ needs.create-release.outputs.tag }}' ]]; then
-            VERSION=${{ needs.create-release.outputs.tag }}
-          else
-            # Get a short ID to the commit used to build this version
-            VERSION=$(git rev-parse --short ${{ github.sha }})
-          fi
+          # Use git commit sha to identify the version
+          VERSION=$(git rev-parse --short ${{ github.sha }})
           echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Write version to metadata.json
         uses: jossef/action-set-json-field@v2.1
@@ -117,27 +42,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: ${{ steps.filename.outputs.FILENAME }}
           path: build/${{ steps.filename.outputs.FILENAME }}
-  upload-release:
-    name: Upload release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    # Only runs if a release has been created
-    needs: [build, create-release]
-    steps:
-      - name: Download artifact
-        id: download
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: ${{ needs.build.outputs.artifact }}
-      - name: 'Echo download path'
-        run: echo ${{ steps.download.outputs.download-path }}
-      - name: Display structure of downloaded files
-        run: ls -R
-      - name: Upload Release Asset
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{ needs.create-release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: ${{ needs.build.outputs.artifact }}
-          asset_name: ${{ needs.build.outputs.artifact }}
-          asset_content_type: application/zip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d577dc4d..9d9bd802 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: release
+name: Release
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -38,14 +38,15 @@ jobs:
           sync-semver-tags: true
           access: 'public'
           # This prefix is added before the prerelease number, e.g. `v3.0.0-next.0`
-          prerelease-prefix: 'next'
+          prerelease-prefix: 'alpha'
           semver: ${{ github.event.inputs.semver }}
-          # Prereleases are published under the `next` npm dist-tag
-          npm-tag: ${{ startsWith(github.event.inputs.semver, 'pre') && 'next' || 'latest' }}
+          # Prereleases are published under the `alpha` npm dist-tag
+          npm-tag: ${{ startsWith(github.event.inputs.semver, 'pre') && 'alpha' || 'latest' }}
           # Don't notify linked issues
           notify-linked-issues: false
           # optional: set this secret in your repo config for publishing to NPM
           npm-token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          artifact-path: build
           build-command: |
             npm install
             npm run build