diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 91d232e..2623562 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ name: Publish to NPM
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - master
+    tags:
+      - "v*.*.*"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -17,23 +17,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Validate tag exists on this push
-        run: |
-          TAG=$(git describe --exact-match --tags HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "")
-          if [[ -z "$TAG" ]]; then
-            echo "❌ No tag found on HEAD. This push did not include a version tag."
-            echo "To publish, merge to master with a tag: git tag v1.0.0 && git push origin master --tags"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          if [[ ! "$TAG" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-            echo "❌ Invalid tag format: $TAG. Expected: v*.*.*"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "✅ Valid tag found: $TAG"
-          echo "TAG_VERSION=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4