diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
index 04689ac..9002bae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,20 @@ jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
         with:
           release-type: node
-          package-name: release-please-action
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 12
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - run: npm ci
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - run: npm publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 7c707d7..b4ae632 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -32,30 +32,5 @@ pipeline {
         }
       }
     } // end stage("End Build code")
-    stage("Release") {
-      when {
-        buildingTag()
-      }
-      agent {
-        kubernetes {
-          label 'release-' + UUID.randomUUID().toString()
-          inheritFrom 'default'
-          yamlFile './cbci-templates/fmforci.yaml'
-        }
-      }
-      steps {
-        container(name: "server", shell: 'sh') {
-          withCredentials([string(credentialsId: 'NPM-OpenFeature-publish-token', variable: 'TOKEN')]) {
-            sh script : """
-              npm set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${TOKEN}
-              # can we get this from the above without rebuilding?
-              yarn --frozen-lockfile
-              yarn build
-              yarn publish
-            """, label: "publish to npmjs.org"
-          }
-        } //end container
-      }
-    } // end Release
   } // end stages
 } // end pipeline