diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 74b243a..ed8f28e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -124,19 +124,7 @@ jobs:
             esac
             cp "$f" "$dest"
           done
-      - name: Publish platform packages
-        working-directory: bindings/nodejs
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          failed=0
-          for pkg in npm/*/package.json; do
-            dir=$(dirname "$pkg")
-            npm publish "./$dir" --access public || failed=1
-          done
-          [ "$failed" -eq 0 ]
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Publish main package
+      - name: Publish main package (publishes platform packages via napi prepublish)
         working-directory: bindings/nodejs
         run: npm publish --access public
         env:
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
index 0dd3f91..b05538b 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@
   "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
   }
 }
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/npm/darwin-x64/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/npm/darwin-x64/package.json
index 15e73c9..07c8804 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/npm/darwin-x64/package.json
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/npm/darwin-x64/package.json
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@
   "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
   }
 }
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
index c76b8fa..9a4eb69 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@
   "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
   }
 }
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
index a3f6dc8..d3a2431 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@
   "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
   }
 }
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
index 730a8a6..06f2b27 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@
   "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
   }
 }
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
index ddfdc1a..7e33680 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@
   "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 10"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
   }
 }
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/package.json
index c4c4b31..3822531 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "napi build --platform --release",
     "artifacts": "napi artifacts",
-    "prepublishOnly": "napi prepublish --tag-style npm --skip-gh-release --skip-optional-publish"
+    "prepublishOnly": "napi prepublish --tagstyle npm --skip-gh-release"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "@stdbr/stdbr-linux-x64-gnu": "0.0.2",