diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 019b90ba..7acb443b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -5,13 +5,60 @@ name: release
 jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@d23441a48e516b6c34aea4fa41551a30e30af803 # v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@249970729cb0ef3589644e2896645e5dc5ba9c38 # v6
         with:
           node-version: 18
-          registry-url: 'https://wombat-dressing-room.appspot.com'
       - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm publish
+      - name: Authenticate to Google Cloud for OSS Exit Gate
+        id: auth
+        uses: google-github-actions/auth@7c6bc770dae815cd3e89ee6cdf493a5fab2cc093 # v3
+        with:
+          token_format: 'access_token'
+          workload_identity_provider: 'projects/305452601764/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/builders/providers/github'
+
+      - name: Set up Cloud SDK
+        uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@aa5489c8933f4cc7a4f7d45035b3b1440c9c10db # v3
+
+      - name: Clean up stale releases from staging repo
+        run: |
+          # clean up stale releases from staging repo
+          packages=$(gcloud artifacts packages list \
+              --project="oss-exit-gate-prod" \
+              --location="us" \
+              --repository="gts--npm" \
+              --format="value(name)" 2>/dev/null)
+
+          echo "${packages}" | xargs -r -I {} sh -c '
+              package_name=$(basename "{}")
+              echo "Deleting package: $package_name..."
+              gcloud artifacts packages delete "{}" \
+                  --project="oss-exit-gate-prod" \
+                  --location="us" \
+                  --repository="gts--npm" \
+                  --quiet
+          '
+
+      - name: Stage to Artifact Registry and trigger OSS Exit Gate
         env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
+          ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.access_token }}
+          RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
+          RUN_ATTEMPT: ${{ github.run_attempt }}
+        run: |
+          cat << 'NPMRC' > "$HOME/.npmrc"
+          registry=https://us-npm.pkg.dev/oss-exit-gate-prod/gts--npm/
+          //us-npm.pkg.dev/oss-exit-gate-prod/gts--npm/:always-auth=true
+          //us-npm.pkg.dev/oss-exit-gate-prod/gts--npm/:_authToken=${ACCESS_TOKEN}
+          NPMRC
+          trap 'rm -f "$HOME/.npmrc"' EXIT
+          npm publish --access public --registry="https://us-npm.pkg.dev/oss-exit-gate-prod/gts--npm/"
+          cat << 'MANIFEST' > manifest.json
+          {
+            "publish_all": true
+          }
+          MANIFEST
+          gcloud storage cp manifest.json "gs://oss-exit-gate-prod-projects-bucket/gts/npm/manifests/manifest-${RUN_ID}-${RUN_ATTEMPT}.json"