diff --git a/.changeset/release-keep-production-runs.md b/.changeset/release-keep-production-runs.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a845151cc84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/release-keep-production-runs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+---
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 03b03de580b..3ee7eda2c90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ on:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && format('issue-{0}-{1}', github.event.issue.number, github.actor) || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && format('snapshot-{0}-{1}', inputs.pr_number, inputs.requester) || github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name != 'push' || contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'Version packages') }}
 
 jobs:
   release:
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ jobs:
               core.warning("Changeset in pre-mode should not prepare a ClerkJS production release")
             }
 
-      # Recovery: if the changesets action published to npm but then failed
-      # (e.g. git push --follow-tags error), the `published` output is never
+      # Recovery: if the changesets action published to npm but then failed,
+      # the `published` output is never
       # set and downstream repos are not notified. This step detects that
       # scenario by checking npm for the local package version and dispatches
       # if the packages are already live.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 52c667c6efc..5d6f89232fc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "nuke": "node ./scripts/nuke.mjs",
     "prepare": "husky install",
     "pub": "pkglab pub",
-    "release": "changeset publish && git push --follow-tags && node scripts/wait-for-packages-on-npm.mjs",
+    "release": "changeset publish && git push origin --tags && node scripts/wait-for-packages-on-npm.mjs",
     "release:canary": "changeset publish --tag canary --no-git-tag && node scripts/wait-for-packages-on-npm.mjs",
     "release:canary-core3": "changeset publish --tag canary-core3 --no-git-tag && node scripts/wait-for-packages-on-npm.mjs",
     "release:snapshot": "changeset publish --tag snapshot --no-git-tag && node scripts/wait-for-packages-on-npm.mjs",