diff --git a/.github/workflows/dart.yml b/.github/workflows/dart.yml
index b4f85ed..3af5f40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dart.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dart.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,17 @@ name: Dart
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ "main" ]
+    tags:
+      - 'microsoft_kiota_abstractions-v*'
+      - 'microsoft_kiota_bundle-v*'
+      - 'microsoft_kiota_http-v*'
+      - 'microsoft_kiota_serialization_form-v*'
+      - 'microsoft_kiota_serialization_json-v*'
+      - 'microsoft_kiota_serialization_text-v*'
+      - 'microsoft_kiota_serialization_multipart-v*'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "main" ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   define-matrix:
@@ -131,4 +140,62 @@ jobs:
         run: exit 0
       - name: One or more build matrix options failed
         if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }}
-        run: exit 1
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+        run: exit 1
+
+  publish-dart:
+    name: 'Publish packages'
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write # Required for authentication using OIDC
+
+    needs:
+      - define-matrix
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        package: ${{ fromJson(needs.define-matrix.outputs.packages) }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Dart
+        uses: dart-lang/setup-dart@v1
+        with:
+          sdk: stable
+
+      - name: Cache dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.PUB_CACHE }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pub
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: dart pub get
+        working-directory: packages/${{ matrix.package }}
+
+      - name: Prepare package
+        run: dart run tooling prepare ${{ matrix.package }}
+        working-directory: tooling
+
+      - name: Release dry run
+        working-directory: packages/${{ matrix.package }}
+        run: dart pub publish --dry-run
+
+      # only push to pub.dev when a tag was created for that package
+      - name: get package tag component
+        id: get_tag_component
+        run: |
+            TAG_COMPONENT="refs/tags/${PACKAGE_NAME//-/_}-v"
+            echo $TAG_COMPONENT
+            echo "tag_component=$TAG_COMPONENT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        env:
+            PACKAGE_NAME: ${{ matrix.package }}
+      
+      - name: Release to pub.dev
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, steps.get_tag_component.outputs.tag_component)
+        working-directory: packages/${{ matrix.package }}
+        run: dart pub publish --force
+      
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fe7100..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-name: Release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags: ['microsoft_kiota_abstractions-v*']
-    branches: ['main']
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
-jobs:
-  define-matrix:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    name: 'Discover packages'
-
-    outputs:
-      packages: ${{ steps.packages.outputs.packages }}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Discover packages
-        id: packages
-        run: |
-          packages=$(ls -d packages/* | xargs -n 1 basename | jq -R -s -c 'split("\n")[:-1]')
-          echo "packages=${packages}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-  publish-dart:
-    name: 'Publish packages'
-
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write # Required for authentication using OIDC
-
-    needs:
-      - define-matrix
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        package: ${{ fromJson(needs.define-matrix.outputs.packages) }}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Setup Dart
-        uses: dart-lang/setup-dart@v1
-        with:
-          sdk: stable
-
-      - name: Cache dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.PUB_CACHE }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pub
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: dart pub get
-        working-directory: packages/${{ matrix.package }}
-
-      - name: Prepare package
-        run: dart run tooling prepare ${{ matrix.package }}
-        working-directory: tooling
-
-      - name: Release dry run
-        working-directory: packages/${{ matrix.package }}
-        run: dart pub publish --dry-run
-
-      # only push to pub.dev when a tag was created
-      - name: Release to pub.dev
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/microsoft_kiota_abstractions-v')
-        working-directory: packages/${{ matrix.package }}
-        run: dart pub publish --force