diff --git a/.github/actions/get-release-notes/action.yml b/.github/actions/get-release-notes/action.yml
index 45de354c..4c3219b6 100644
--- a/.github/actions/get-release-notes/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/get-release-notes/action.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Return the release notes extracted from the PR body
+name: Return the release notes extracted from the body of the PR associated with the release.
 
 #
 # Returns the release notes from the content of a pull request linked to a release branch. It expects the branch name to be in the format release/vX.Y.Z, release/X.Y.Z, release/vX.Y.Z-beta.N. etc.
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ runs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
         REPO_OWNER: ${{ inputs.repo_owner }}
         REPO_NAME: ${{ inputs.repo_name }}
-        VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
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diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-package/action.yml b/.github/actions/npm-publish/action.yml
similarity index 76%
rename from .github/actions/publish-package/action.yml
rename to .github/actions/npm-publish/action.yml
index abbfcaaa..45c87d19 100644
--- a/.github/actions/publish-package/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/npm-publish/action.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Publish release to package manager
+name: Publish release to npm
 
 inputs:
   node-version:
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ inputs:
     required: true
   version:
     required: true
+  require-build:
+    default: true
   release-directory:
     default: './'
 
@@ -24,10 +26,14 @@ runs:
         cache: 'npm'
         registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      shell: bash
+      run: npm ci --include=dev
+
     - name: Build package
-      uses: ./.github/actions/build
-      with:
-        node: ${{ inputs.node-version }}
+      if: inputs.require-build == 'true'
+      shell: bash
+      run: npm run build
 
     - name: Publish release to NPM
       shell: bash
@@ -43,4 +49,4 @@ runs:
         npm publish --provenance --tag $TAG
       env:
         NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.npm-token }}
-        VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-release.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1595357d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+name: Create npm and GitHub Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      node-version:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      require-build:
+        default: true
+        type: string
+      release-directory:
+        default: './'
+        type: string
+    secrets:
+      github-token:
+        required: true
+      npm-token:
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.merged && startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'release/'))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
+
+    steps:
+      # Checkout the code
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      # Get the version from the branch name
+      - id: get_version
+        uses: ./get-version
+
+      # Get the prerelease flag from the branch name
+      - id: get_prerelease
+        uses: ./get-prerelease
+        with:
+          version: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
+
+      # Get the release notes
+      - id: get_release_notes
+        uses: ./get-release-notes
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.github-token }}
+          version: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
+          repo_owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          repo_name: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+
+      # Check if the tag already exists
+      - id: tag_exists
+        uses: ./tag-exists
+        with:
+          tag: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.github-token }}
+
+      # If the tag already exists, exit with an error
+      - if: steps.tag_exists.outputs.exists == 'true'
+        run: exit 1
+
+      # Publish the release to our package manager
+      - uses: ./npm-publish
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ inputs.node-version }}
+          require-build: ${{ inputs.require-build }}
+          version: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
+          npm-token: ${{ secrets.npm-token }}
+          release-directory: ${{ inputs.release-directory }}
+
+      # Create a release for the tag
+      - uses: ./release-create
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.github-token }}
+          name: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
+          body: ${{ steps.get_release_notes.outputs.release-notes }}
+          tag: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
+          commit: ${{ github.sha }}
+          prerelease: ${{ steps.get_prerelease.outputs.prerelease }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index db2fec97..592a3e34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Create GitHub Release
+name: Create npm and GitHub Release
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -10,68 +10,16 @@ permissions:
   contents: write
   id-token: write # For publishing to npm using --provenance
 
-env:
-  NODE_VERSION: 18
-
-### TODO: Replace instances of './.github/actions/' w/ `auth0/dx-sdk-actions/` and append `@latest` after the common `dx-sdk-actions` repo is made public.
-### TODO: Also remove `get-prerelease`, `get-version`, `release-create`, `tag-create` and `tag-exists` actions from this repo's .github/actions folder once the repo is public.
+### TODO: Replace instances of './.github/workflows/' w/ `auth0/dx-sdk-actions/workflows/` and append `@latest` after the common `dx-sdk-actions` repo is made public.
+### TODO: Also remove `get-prerelease`, `get-release-notes`, `get-version`, `npm-publish`, `release-create`, and `tag-exists` actions from this repo's .github/actions folder once the repo is public.
+### TODO: Also remove `npm-release` workflow from this repo's .github/workflows folder once the repo is public.
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.merged && startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'release/'))
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: release
-
-    steps:
-      # Checkout the code
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      # Get the version from the branch name
-      - id: get_version
-        uses: ./.github/actions/get-version
-
-      # Get the prerelease flag from the branch name
-      - id: get_prerelease
-        uses: ./.github/actions/get-prerelease
-        with:
-          version: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-
-      # Get the release notes
-      # This will expose the release notes as env.RELEASE_NOTES
-      - id: get_release_notes
-        uses: ./.github/actions/get-release-notes
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          version: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-          repo_owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          repo_name: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-
-      # Check if the tag already exists
-      - id: tag_exists
-        uses: ./.github/actions/tag-exists
-        with:
-          tag: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      # If the tag already exists, exit with an error
-      - if: steps.tag_exists.outputs.exists == 'true'
-        run: exit 1
-
-      # Publish the release to our package manager
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/publish-package
-        with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
-          version: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-          npm-token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-
-      # Create a release for the tag
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/release-create
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          name: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-          body: ${{ steps.get_release_notes.outputs.release-notes }}
-          tag: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-          commit: ${{ github.sha }}
-          prerelease: ${{ steps.get_prerelease.outputs.prerelease }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/npm-release.yml
+    with:
+      node-version: 18
+      require-build: true
+    secrets:
+      npm-token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+      github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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