diff --git a/release.toml b/release.toml
index de2078a2c..919a88b3f 100644
--- a/release.toml
+++ b/release.toml
@@ -4,21 +4,21 @@
 #
 # 0. (optional) cargo release minor ; verify readme + changelog bumped; then git reset --hard
 # 1. PUBLISH_GRACE_SLEEP=20 cargo release minor --execute
-# 1X.  - on failure: follow plan manually, cd into next dirs and publish insequence with cargo publish --features=k8s-openapi/latest
-# 2. check consolidated commit
-# 2X.  - on failure: git commit --amend and insert version
-# 3. ./scripts/release-post.sh
+# In the event of failures:
+# - on partial cargo publish failures with unexpected build errors; yank partials and fix issues in a PR before retrying
+# - on cargo-release issues waiting for crates.io: resume publish in given order manually, cd into next dirs and publish in sequence with cargo publish --features=k8s-openapi/latest
+# - after publish; check consolidated commit, amend if needed, then create a manual signed tag without v prefix
 
 # Reference
-# https://github.com/sunng87/cargo-release/blob/master/docs/reference.md
+# https://github.com/crate-ci/cargo-release/blob/master/docs/reference.md
 
 consolidate-commits = true
 shared-version = true
 pre-release-hook = ["../scripts/release-pre.sh"]
 pre-release-commit-message = "release {{version}}"
-# leave tagging + pushing to postrelease script (due to potential failures in 1 and 2)
-push = false
-tag = false
+push = true
+tag = true
+tag-name = "{{version}}"
 # A Kubernetes version is normally supplied by the application consuming the library in the end.
 # Since we don't have that when verifying, supply one ourselves.
 enable-features = ["k8s-openapi/latest"]
diff --git a/scripts/release-post.sh b/scripts/release-post.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c7804237f..000000000
--- a/scripts/release-post.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-main() {
-  cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && cd .. # aka $WORKSPACE_ROOT
-  local -r CURRENT_VER="$(rg 'kube = \{ version = "(\S*)"' -or '$1' README.md | head -n1)"
-  git tag -a "${CURRENT_VER}" -m "${CURRENT_VER}"
-  git push
-  git push --tags
-}
-
-# post release script run manually after cargo-release
-# shellcheck disable=SC2068
-main $@