diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0ce89cfd8..954fc9571 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name: Release
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'v*'
+      - '*'
 
 jobs:
   release:
diff --git a/rel-eng/gem_release.ipynb b/rel-eng/gem_release.ipynb
index 3a2fa121c..c9397291f 100644
--- a/rel-eng/gem_release.ipynb
+++ b/rel-eng/gem_release.ipynb
@@ -1349,9 +1349,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
-   "source": [
-    "### Build the gem"
-   ]
+   "source": "### Build the gem (local sanity check only)\n\nPublishing to rubygems.org is now handled automatically by the `Release` GitHub Actions\nworkflow, which triggers on tag push (see the final `git push --tags` step below) and\npublishes via rubygems.org trusted publishing. Do **not** `gem push` manually here — it\nwould either race with CI or fail because the version is already published."
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
@@ -1362,15 +1360,6 @@
     "! rake build"
    ]
   },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "! gem push pkg/hammer_cli-{NEW_VERSION}.gem"
-   ]
-  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},