diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 40777eec4..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-# .github/workflows/pre-release.yaml
-name: Pre Release Workflow
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      # only run release on v7.0.0 and up
-      - v[7-9]\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+
-      - v[1-9][0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  actions: write
-
-jobs:
-  pre-release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      tag: ${{ steps.extract_tag.outputs.tag }}
-    steps:
-
-      - name: Set Branch
-        id: set_branch
-        run: |
-          echo "branch=${GITHUB_REF_NAME%.*}.x" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: ${{ steps.set_branch.outputs.branch }}
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-
-      - name: Update npm version
-        run: |
-          cd web_ui/frontend
-
-          # Get the current tag and set the package.json version to it
-          npm version ${GITHUB_REF_NAME:1}
-
-          # Add some verbosity
-          echo "NPM version is now $(npm version)"
-
-      - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
-        with:
-          commit_message: "Pre Release: Update npm version"
-          branch: ${{ steps.set_branch.outputs.branch }}
-
-      - name: Reset the tag to the newest commit
-        run: |
-
-          # Delete the previous tag
-          git tag --delete ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}
-          git push origin :refs/tags/${GITHUB_REF_NAME}
-
-          # Create and push the new tag
-          git tag ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}
-          git push origin --tags
-
-      - name: Extract tag name
-        id: extract_tag
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
-        run: echo "::set-output name=tag::${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
-
-  release-container:
-    needs: [pre-release]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-prod-container.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-    with:
-      tag: ${{ needs.pre-release.outputs.tag }}
-      release_workflow: true
-
-  release:
-    needs: [pre-release]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/release.yml
-    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7789e70da..95e8b09aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 name: goreleaser
 
 on:
-  workflow_call:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      # only run release on v7.0.0 and up
+      - v[7-9]\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+
+      - v[1-9][0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+
 
 permissions:
   contents: write