diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e4c5deb..d1f2c23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ name: Release
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - "v*"
+      - 'v*'
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: "Version to release (e.g. 0.1.1)"
+        description: 'Version to release (e.g. 1.0.1)'
         required: true
         type: string
 
@@ -22,21 +22,20 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
         with:
-          node-version: "24"
-          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+          node-version: '24'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run lint
-      - run: npm run format:check
       - run: npm run build
       - run: npm test
-      - name: Set version from workflow input
-        if: github.event_name == "workflow_dispatch"
+      - name: Set version from workflow input (patch release)
+        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
         run: |
           current=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
           if [ "$current" != "${{ inputs.version }}" ]; then
             npm version ${{ inputs.version }} --no-git-tag-version
           fi
-      - run: npm publish --provenance --access public
+      - run: npm publish --access public --provenance
 
   github-release:
     needs: publish