diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ce685d8a..c1e16c52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -63,19 +63,3 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run lint -- --no-fix
       - run: npm run build
-  publish-docs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      with:
-        # "ref" specifies the branch to check out.
-        # "github.event.release.target_commitish" is a global variable and specifies the branch the release targeted
-        ref: ${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}
-    - name: Prepare CI
-      run: rm .git/hooks/pre-push
-    - name: Publish docs
-      uses: mhausenblas/mkdocs-deploy-gh-pages@master
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        CONFIG_FILE: mkdocs.yml
-        EXTRA_PACKAGES: build-base
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8af68f83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: NPM Publish
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  publish-docs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        # "ref" specifies the branch to check out.
+        # "github.event.release.target_commitish" is a global variable and specifies the branch the release targeted
+        ref: ${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}
+    - name: Prepare CI
+      run: rm .git/hooks/pre-push
+    - name: Publish docs
+      uses: mhausenblas/mkdocs-deploy-gh-pages@master
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        CONFIG_FILE: mkdocs.yml
+        EXTRA_PACKAGES: build-base