diff --git a/.github/workflows/cargo_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/cargo_publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c62efb6a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cargo_publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+name: Publish rustworkx-core to crates.io
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+jobs:
+  rustworkx-core:
+    name: Publish rustworkx-core
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: rust-lang/crates-io-auth-action@v1
+        id: auth
+      - name: Run cargo publish
+        run: |
+          cd rustworkx-core
+          cargo publish
+        env:
+          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index e002591ae8..fce4995501 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -5,18 +5,6 @@ on:
     tags:
       - '*'
 jobs:
-  rustworkx-core:
-    name: Publish rustworkx-core
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - name: Run cargo publish
-        run: |
-          cd rustworkx-core
-          cargo publish
-        env:
-          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
   sdist:
     name: Build sdist
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest