diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 5cb598ad..2cdba54c 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-* @contentstack/launch-pr-reviewers @contentstack/launch-solution-engineers
-
-.github/workflows/sca-scan.yml @contentstack/security-admin
-
+* @contentstack/launch-pr-reviewers
+.github/workflows/ @contentstack/security-admin
 **/.snyk @contentstack/security-admin
-
-.github/workflows/policy-scan.yml @contentstack/security-admin
-
-.github/workflows/issues-jira.yml @contentstack/security-admin
+**/CODEOWNERS @contentstack/security-admin
+**/.gitguardian.yaml @contentstack/security-admin
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index beb442db..e2f796b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,74 +1,25 @@
-name: Release
+name: Publish package to npmjs registry
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Build and upload
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: "22.x"
-      - name: Installing dependencies
-        run: npm install
-      - name: Build
-        run: npm run prepack
-      - name: Upload dist
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: dist
-          path: dist
-
   release:
-    name: Download dist and release
+    types: [published]
+jobs:
+  publish-npm:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: "22.x"
-      - name: Installing dependencies
-        run: npm install
-      - name: Download dist
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: dist
-          path: dist
-      - name: Display dirs
-        run: ls -R
-      - name: Release
-        id: release-plugin
-        uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v3
-        with:
-          token: "${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}"
-          access: public
-      - name: get-npm-version
-        id: package-version
-        uses: martinbeentjes/npm-get-version-action@v1.3.1
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        if: ${{ steps.release-plugin.conclusion == 'success'  }}
         with:
-          ref: 'main'
-      - uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
-        if: ${{ steps.release-plugin.conclusion == 'success' }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          message: "Released version ${{ steps.package-version.outputs.current-version }}"
-          push: true
-      - name: github-release
-        id: github-release
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PKG_TOKEN }}
-          VERSION: ${{ steps.release-plugin.outputs.version }}
-        run: gh release create v"$VERSION" --title "Release $VERSION" --generate-notes
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+          node-version: 24
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+          cache: 'npm'
+      - run: npm ci
+      - name: Update npm
+        run: npm install -g npm@latest
+      - name: Release
+        run: npm publish --access public