diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index ecaf4c8..dff46a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 name: Build & Test
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_call:
 
 jobs:
   lint:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index ce14353..cee4fb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ on:
       - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+" # regex to match semantic versioning tags
 
 jobs:
-  tests:
+  main_ci:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/main.yml
   publish:
     name: publish
-    needs: [main] # require main to pass before publish runs
+    needs: [main_ci] # require main to pass before publish runs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source