diff --git a/.github/workflows/fhevm-core-contracts-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/fhevm-core-contracts-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5d5f905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/fhevm-core-contracts-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Publish fhEVM Solidity core contracts release
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [released]
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: "write"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d1f8 # v4.0.2
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.x
+      - run: cd contracts
+      - run: .env.example .env
+      - run: npm ci --include=optional
+      - run: npm run compile
+      - uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@19c28f1ef146469e409470805ea4279d47c3d35c # v3.1.1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          provenance: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fhevm-core-contracts-publishprerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/fhevm-core-contracts-publishprerelease.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd65708a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/fhevm-core-contracts-publishprerelease.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: Publish fhEVM Solidity core contracts prerelease
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [prereleased]
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: "write"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d1f8 # v4.0.2
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.x
+      - run: cd contracts
+      - run: cp .env.example .env
+      - run: npm ci --include=optional
+      - run: npm run compile
+      - uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@19c28f1ef146469e409470805ea4279d47c3d35c # v3.1.1
+        with:
+          tag: prerelease
+          token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          provenance: true
diff --git a/contracts/package-lock.json b/contracts/package-lock.json
index 0432ef54..012e2b79 100644
--- a/contracts/package-lock.json
+++ b/contracts/package-lock.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         "@openzeppelin/hardhat-upgrades": "^3.3.0",
         "@trivago/prettier-plugin-sort-imports": "^4.0.0",
         "bigint-buffer": "^1.1.5",
+        "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
         "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
         "eslint": "^8.28.0",
         "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.5.0",
@@ -4134,6 +4135,24 @@
       "dev": true,
       "peer": true
     },
+    "node_modules/cross-env": {
+      "version": "7.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-env/-/cross-env-7.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+/HKd6EgcQCJGh2PSjZuUitQBQynKor4wrFbRg4DtAgS1aWO+gU52xpH7M9ScGgXSYmAVS9bIJ8EzuaGw0oNAw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "cross-spawn": "^7.0.1"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "cross-env": "src/bin/cross-env.js",
+        "cross-env-shell": "src/bin/cross-env-shell.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10.14",
+        "npm": ">=6",
+        "yarn": ">=1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/cross-spawn": {
       "version": "7.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-7.0.3.tgz",
diff --git a/contracts/package.json b/contracts/package.json
index 7efbb1c0..71a7b061 100644
--- a/contracts/package.json
+++ b/contracts/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "description": "fhEVM contracts",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
+    "compile": "cross-env TS_NODE_TRANSPILE_ONLY=true hardhat compile",
     "lint": "npm run lint:sol && npm run lint:ts && npm run prettier:check",
     "lint:ts": "eslint --ignore-path ./.eslintignore --ext .js,.ts .",
     "prettier:check": "prettier --check \"**/*.{js,json,md,sol,ts,yml}\"",
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
     "@openzeppelin/hardhat-upgrades": "^3.3.0",
     "@trivago/prettier-plugin-sort-imports": "^4.0.0",
     "bigint-buffer": "^1.1.5",
+    "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "eslint": "^8.28.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.5.0",