diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-bolt-crates.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-bolt-crates.yml
index 17c4f1a..2e15ccc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-bolt-crates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-bolt-crates.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 name: Publish Bolt crates
 on:
   release:
-    types: [published]
+    types: [ published ]
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'release/v*'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
@@ -106,6 +109,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Set DRY_RUN based on trigger
+        run: echo "DRY_RUN=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release/v')
+
       - name: Use Node ${{ matrix.node }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
@@ -151,7 +158,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check versions are aligned
         run: |
           # Fails if versions are not aligned
-          ./scripts/version-align.sh --check
+          cargo install git-cliff
+          ./version-align.sh --check
 
       - name: run build
         run: |
@@ -173,16 +181,22 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: cargo publish
         run: |
-          cargo publish --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/account/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
-          cargo publish --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/component/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
-          cargo publish --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/component-deserialize/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
-          cargo publish --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/component-id/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
-          cargo publish --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/system/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
-          cargo publish --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/system-input/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
-          cargo publish --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/bolt-program/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
-          cargo publish --manifest-path=programs/bolt-system/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
-          cargo publish --manifest-path=programs/bolt-component/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
-          cargo publish --manifest-path=programs/world/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
-          cargo publish --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
+          DRY_RUN_FLAG=""
+          if [ "${DRY_RUN}" = "true" ]; then
+            DRY_RUN_FLAG="--dry-run"
+          fi
+
+          cargo publish $DRY_RUN_FLAG --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/account/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
+          cargo publish $DRY_RUN_FLAG --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/component/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
+          cargo publish $DRY_RUN_FLAG --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/component-deserialize/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
+          cargo publish $DRY_RUN_FLAG --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/component-id/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
+          cargo publish $DRY_RUN_FLAG --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/system/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
+          cargo publish $DRY_RUN_FLAG --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/system-input/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
+          cargo publish $DRY_RUN_FLAG --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/attribute/bolt-program/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
+          cargo publish $DRY_RUN_FLAG --manifest-path=programs/bolt-system/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
+          cargo publish $DRY_RUN_FLAG --manifest-path=programs/bolt-component/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
+          cargo publish $DRY_RUN_FLAG --manifest-path=programs/world/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
+          cargo publish $DRY_RUN_FLAG --manifest-path=crates/bolt-lang/Cargo.toml --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}
         env:
           CRATES_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CRATES_TOKEN }}
+          DRY_RUN: ${{ env.DRY_RUN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-bolt-sdk.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-bolt-sdk.yml
index 077e26f..0673d66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-bolt-sdk.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-bolt-sdk.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 name: Publish Bolt SDKs
 on:
   release:
-    types: [published]
+    types: [ published ]
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'release/v*'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
@@ -106,6 +109,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Set DRY_RUN based on trigger
+        run: echo "DRY_RUN=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release/v')
+
       - name: Use Node ${{ matrix.node }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
@@ -151,7 +158,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check versions are aligned
         run: |
           # Fails if versions are not aligned
-          ./scripts/version-align.sh --check
+          cargo install git-cliff
+          ./version-align.sh --check
 
       - name: run build
         run: |
@@ -176,6 +184,12 @@ jobs:
           echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}" > ~/.npmrc
           npm set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           cd clients/bolt-sdk/ && yarn build && yarn lint:fix && cd ../../ && yarn lint:fix
-          cd clients/bolt-sdk/ && npm publish
+          cd clients/bolt-sdk/
+          if [ "${DRY_RUN}" = "true" ]; then
+            echo "Running npm publish in dry-run mode"
+            npm publish --access public --dry-run
+          else
+            npm publish --access public
+          fi
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-packages.yml
index 1ac98bc..29c07fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-packages.yml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
           cp "target/${{ matrix.build.TARGET }}/release/${bin}" "${node_pkg}/bin"
           
           # Create the release bin file
-          release_name="bolt-${{ matrix.build.NAME }}"
+          release_name="bolt-cli-${{ matrix.build.NAME }}"
           if [ "${{ matrix.build.OS }}" = "windows-2022" ]; then
             release_name="${release_name}.exe"
           fi
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ jobs:
           mv "target/${{ matrix.build.TARGET }}/release/${bin}" "target/${{ matrix.build.TARGET }}/release/${release_name}"
 
       - name: Publish binary to GitHub release
+        if: env.DRY_RUN != 'true'
         uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
         with:
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}