diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..741fdf0fb4a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Publish release
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [lts/*]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install
+
+      - name: Build the `pdfjs-dist` library
+        run: npx gulp dist
+
+      - name: Publish the `pdfjs-dist` library to NPM
+        run: npm publish ./build/dist
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/gulpfile.mjs b/gulpfile.mjs
index 58fc024049397..49dce5da39a68 100644
--- a/gulpfile.mjs
+++ b/gulpfile.mjs
@@ -2226,11 +2226,12 @@ function packageJson() {
     },
     repository: {
       type: "git",
-      url: DIST_REPO_URL,
+      url: `git+${DIST_REPO_URL}.git`,
     },
     engines: {
       node: ">=18",
     },
+    scripts: {},
   };
 
   return createStringSource(
@@ -2240,7 +2241,7 @@ function packageJson() {
 }
 
 gulp.task(
-  "dist-pre",
+  "dist",
   gulp.series(
     "generic",
     "generic-legacy",
@@ -2368,7 +2369,7 @@ gulp.task(
 
 gulp.task(
   "dist-install",
-  gulp.series("dist-pre", function createDistInstall(done) {
+  gulp.series("dist", function createDistInstall(done) {
     let distPath = DIST_DIR;
     const opts = {};
     const installPath = process.env.PDFJS_INSTALL_PATH;
@@ -2381,47 +2382,6 @@ gulp.task(
   })
 );
 
-gulp.task(
-  "dist",
-  gulp.series("dist-pre", function createDist(done) {
-    const VERSION = getVersionJSON().version;
-
-    console.log();
-    console.log("### Committing changes");
-
-    let reason = process.env.PDFJS_UPDATE_REASON;
-    // Attempt to work-around the broken link, see https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/issues/10391
-    if (typeof reason === "string") {
-      const reasonParts =
-        /^(See )(mozilla\/pdf\.js)@tags\/(v\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\s*$/.exec(reason);
-
-      if (reasonParts) {
-        reason =
-          reasonParts[1] +
-          "https://github.com/" +
-          reasonParts[2] +
-          "/releases/tag/" +
-          reasonParts[3];
-      }
-    }
-    const message =
-      "PDF.js version " + VERSION + (reason ? " - " + reason : "");
-    safeSpawnSync("git", ["add", "*"], { cwd: DIST_DIR });
-    safeSpawnSync("git", ["commit", "-am", message], { cwd: DIST_DIR });
-    safeSpawnSync("git", ["tag", "-a", "v" + VERSION, "-m", message], {
-      cwd: DIST_DIR,
-    });
-
-    console.log();
-    console.log("Done. Push with");
-    console.log(
-      "  cd " + DIST_DIR + "; git push --tags " + DIST_REPO_URL + " master"
-    );
-    console.log();
-    done();
-  })
-);
-
 gulp.task(
   "mozcentralbaseline",
   gulp.series(createBaseline, function createMozcentralBaseline(done) {