diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index f7071691..0f183c46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -2,13 +2,37 @@ name: Quarto Publish
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: ["Update-post-dates"]
+  push:
     branches: [main]
-    types:
-      - completed
 
 jobs:
+  Update-post-dates:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: "rocker/tidyverse:4.2.1"
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: main
+          token: ${{ secrets.PHARMAVERSE_BOT }}
+
+      - name: Run update_post_dates
+        run: Rscript R/update_post_dates.R  # running the R script with Rscript
+
+      - name: Configure Git safe directory
+        run: git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/blog/blog
+
+      - name: Commit and push changes
+        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
+        with:
+          commit_message: "[skip actions] Auto-update blog post date"
+          file_pattern: "."
+          commit_user_name: github-actions
+          commit_user_email: >-
+            41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+        continue-on-error: true
+
   build-deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_post_dates.yml b/.github/workflows/update_post_dates.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d34359ef..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update_post_dates.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-name: Update post dates
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - 'main'
-
-jobs:
-  Update-post-dates:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: "rocker/tidyverse:4.2.1"
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: main
-          token: ${{ secrets.PHARMAVERSE_BOT }}
-
-      - name: Run update_post_dates
-        run: Rscript R/update_post_dates.R  # running the R script with Rscript
-
-      - name: Configure Git safe directory
-        run: git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/blog/blog
-
-      - name: Commit and push changes
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
-        with:
-          commit_message: "[skip actions] Auto-update blog post date"
-          file_pattern: "."
-          commit_user_name: github-actions
-          commit_user_email: >-
-            41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
-        continue-on-error: true