diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-finalize.yml b/.github/workflows/release-finalize.yml
index a460fbb..f62d4f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-finalize.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-finalize.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ jobs:
   resolve:
     if: >-
       github.repository == 'operatorstack/yield' &&
-      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success')
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
+      (github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' &&
+      github.event.workflow_run.event == 'workflow_dispatch'))
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       finalize: ${{ steps.release.outputs.finalize }}
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           version="${TAG#v}"
           run="$(gh api "/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/workflows/npm-publish.yml/runs?head_sha=${SOURCE_SHA}&status=completed&per_page=30" \
-            --jq '[.workflow_runs[] | select(.event == "workflow_run" or .event == "workflow_dispatch")][0] // {}')"
+            --jq '[.workflow_runs[] | select(.event == "workflow_dispatch")][0] // {}')"
           test "$(jq -r '.conclusion // "missing"' <<< "$run")" = success
           run_id="$(jq -r '.id // empty' <<< "$run")"
           test -n "$run_id"
diff --git a/scripts/check-release-control.mjs b/scripts/check-release-control.mjs
index dd9114c..29f73b0 100644
--- a/scripts/check-release-control.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-release-control.mjs
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ export async function checkReleaseControl(root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, ".
     "receipt-complete finalization needs artifact read access and contents:write",
   );
   expect(finalizer.jobs?.finalize?.needs === "resolve", "finalization must follow read-only tag resolution");
+  expect(raw["release-finalize.yml"].includes("github.event.workflow_run.event == 'workflow_dispatch'"), "automatic finalization must ignore canary publisher runs");
+  expect(raw["release-finalize.yml"].includes('select(.event == "workflow_dispatch")'), "finalization must select only stable publisher receipts");
   expect(raw["release-finalize.yml"].includes("--draft=false"), "only the receipt finalizer may publish the GitHub release");
   expect(raw["release-finalize.yml"].includes("npm-publish.yml"), "finalization must bind the combined publisher receipt");
   expect(raw["release-finalize.yml"].includes("pypi-release.mjs verify"), "finalization must verify the PyPI wheel hashes");