diff --git a/.github/workflows/make_release.yaml b/.github/workflows/make_release.yaml
index 76a2b5170..24218b6f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make_release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make_release.yaml
@@ -67,10 +67,28 @@ jobs:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
 
+  publish-to-pypi:
+    name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/beets
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Download all the dists
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: python-package-distributions
+          path: dist/
+      - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+
   make-github-release:
     name: Create GitHub release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
+    needs: publish-to-pypi
     env:
       CHANGELOG: ${{ needs.build.outputs.changelog }}
     steps:
@@ -103,21 +121,3 @@ jobs:
           access-token: ${{ secrets.MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           url: ${{ secrets.MASTODON_URL }}
           message: "Version ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_tag }} of beets has been released! Check out all of the new changes at ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.html_url }}"
-
-  publish-to-pypi:
-    name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
-    environment:
-      name: pypi
-      url: https://pypi.org/p/beets
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Download all the dists
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: python-package-distributions
-          path: dist/
-      - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1