diff --git a/publish/filesToPublish.ps1 b/publish/filesToPublish.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ae35efc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publish/filesToPublish.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+@(
+    'Pester.ps1'
+    'Pester.psd1'
+    'Pester.psm1'
+    'Pester.Format.ps1xml'
+    'PesterConfiguration.Format.ps1xml'
+    'bin/net462/Pester.dll'
+    'bin/net6.0/Pester.dll'
+    'en-US/about_Pester.help.txt'
+    'en-US/about_PesterConfiguration.help.txt'
+    'schemas/JaCoCo/report.dtd'
+    'schemas/JUnit4/junit_schema_4.xsd'
+    'schemas/NUnit25/nunit_schema_2.5.xsd'
+    'schemas/NUnit3/TestDefinitions.xsd'
+    'schemas/NUnit3/TestFilterDefinitions.xsd'
+    'schemas/NUnit3/TestResult.xsd'
+)
diff --git a/publish/release.ps1 b/publish/release.ps1
index 5a1e6837c..b56fb17cd 100644
--- a/publish/release.ps1
+++ b/publish/release.ps1
@@ -56,23 +56,7 @@ if ((Get-Item $bin/Pester.psm1).Length -lt 50KB) {
 
 & "$PSScriptRoot/signModule.ps1" -VaultUrl $VaultUrl -TenantId $TenantId -CertificateName $CertificateName -Path $bin
 
-$files = @(
-    'Pester.ps1'
-    'Pester.psd1'
-    'Pester.psm1'
-    'Pester.Format.ps1xml'
-    'PesterConfiguration.Format.ps1xml'
-    'bin/net462/Pester.dll'
-    'bin/net6.0/Pester.dll'
-    'en-US/about_Pester.help.txt'
-    'en-US/about_PesterConfiguration.help.txt'
-    'schemas/JaCoCo/report.dtd'
-    'schemas/JUnit4/junit_schema_4.xsd'
-    'schemas/NUnit25/nunit_schema_2.5.xsd'
-    'schemas/NUnit3/TestDefinitions.xsd'
-    'schemas/NUnit3/TestFilterDefinitions.xsd'
-    'schemas/NUnit3/TestResult.xsd'
-)
+$files = . "$PSScriptRoot/filesToPublish.ps1"
 
 $notFound = @()
 foreach ($f in $files) {