diff --git a/.release-it.cjs b/.release-it.cjs
index 425e9d313..42eb979b0 100644
--- a/.release-it.cjs
+++ b/.release-it.cjs
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ module.exports = {
 		tokenRef: "JQUERY_GITHUB_TOKEN"
 	},
 	npm: {
-		publish: true,
-		publishPath: "tmp/release/dist"
+
+		// We're publishing from a dist folder generated in the post-release
+		// step, so we also need to publish by ourselves; release-it would
+		// do it too early.
+		publish: false
 	}
 };
diff --git a/build/release/post-release.sh b/build/release/post-release.sh
index 271c00734..d20949e3c 100644
--- a/build/release/post-release.sh
+++ b/build/release/post-release.sh
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ git commit -m "Release: $1"
 git tag -s $1 -m "Release: $1"
 
 # Wait for confirmation from user to push changes to dist repo
-read -p "Press enter to push changes to dist repo"
+read -p "Press enter to push changes to dist repo & publish to npm"
 git push --follow-tags
+npm publish
 cd -
 
 # Restore AUTHORS URL