diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release-to-github.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-release-to-github.yaml
index 2503fb816c..0c0452b8f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release-to-github.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release-to-github.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Publish release to GitHub
+name: 'RELEASE: Publish to GitHub'
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ jobs:
   publish-release-to-github:
     name: Publish release to GitHub
     runs-on: Ubuntu-22.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -20,6 +24,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
+      - name: Set up Git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+          git config user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+
       - name: Create GitHub tag
         id: create-github-tag
         run: |
@@ -31,14 +40,14 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           else
             echo "🗒 Tagging repo using tag version: $TAG ..."
-            git tag $TAG -m "GOV.UK Frontend release $TAG"
-            git push --tags
+            git tag -a $TAG -m "GOV.UK Frontend release $TAG"
+            git push https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }} --tags
             echo "🗒 Tag $TAG created and pushed to remote."
             echo "GH_TAG=${TAG}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
       - name: Create GitHub archive
-        run: git archive -o ./release-${{ steps.create-github-tag.GH_TAG }}.zip HEAD:dist
+        run: git archive -o ./release-${{ steps.create-github-tag.outputs.GH_TAG }}.zip HEAD:dist
 
       - name: Generate release notes
         uses: actions/github-script@v7.0.1
@@ -49,10 +58,9 @@ jobs:
             await generateReleaseNotes()
 
       - name: Create GitHub release
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
-        with:
-          name: GOV.UK Frontend ${{ steps.create-github-tag.GH_TAG }}
-          artifacts: release-${{ steps.create-github-tag.GH_TAG }}.zip
-          bodyFile: release-notes-body
-          tag: ${{ steps.create-github-tag.GH_TAG }}
-          draft: true
+        run: |
+          GH_TAG=${{ steps.create-github-tag.outputs.GH_TAG }}
+          RELEASE_NAME="GOV.UK Frontend $GH_TAG"
+          RELEASE_BODY=$(cat release-notes-body)
+
+          gh release create "$GH_TAG" ./release-"${GH_TAG}".zip --title "GOV.UK Frontend ${RELEASE_NAME}" --notes "$RELEASE_BODY" --draft