diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ef7dd89777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: Publish documentation
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      noir-ref:
+        description: The noir reference to checkout
+        required: false
+        default: 'master'
+
+jobs:
+  publish-docs:
+    name: Publish docs
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout release branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.noir-ref }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.NOIR_RELEASES_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: '18'
+
+      - name: Install wasm-bindgen-cli
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
+        with:
+          tool: wasm-bindgen-cli@0.2.86
+
+      - name: Install wasm-opt
+        run: |
+          npm i wasm-opt -g
+      
+      - name: Install Yarn dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+
+      - name: Build docs for deploying
+        working-directory: docs
+        run: 
+          yarn workspaces foreach -Rt run build
+
+      - name: Deploy to Netlify
+        uses: nwtgck/actions-netlify@v2.1
+        with:
+          publish-dir: './docs/build'
+          production-branch: master
+          production-deploy: true
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          enable-github-deployment: false
+          deploy-message: "Deploy from GitHub Actions for tag ${{ inputs.noir-ref }}"
+        env:
+          NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+          NETLIFY_SITE_ID: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_SITE_ID }}
+        timeout-minutes: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6c6105e7390..74feaa4bcb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -120,45 +120,12 @@ jobs:
     needs: [release-please]
     if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag-name }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout release branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag-name }}
-          token: ${{ secrets.NOIR_RELEASES_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
-        with:
-          node-version: '18'
-
-      - name: Install wasm-bindgen-cli
-        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
-        with:
-          tool: wasm-bindgen-cli@0.2.86
-
-      - name: Install wasm-opt
-        run: |
-          npm i wasm-opt -g
-      
-      - name: Install Yarn dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
-
-      - name: Build docs for deploying
-        working-directory: docs
-        run: 
-          yarn workspaces foreach -Rt run build
-
-      - name: Deploy to Netlify
-        uses: nwtgck/actions-netlify@v2.1
+      - name: Dispatch to publish-es-packages
+        uses: benc-uk/workflow-dispatch@v1
         with:
-          publish-dir: './docs/build'
-          production-branch: master
-          production-deploy: true
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          enable-github-deployment: false
-          deploy-message: "Deploy from GitHub Actions for tag ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag-name }}"
-        env:
-          NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
-          NETLIFY_SITE_ID: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_SITE_ID }}
-        timeout-minutes: 1
+          workflow: publish-docs.yml
+          ref: master
+          token: ${{ secrets.NOIR_REPO_TOKEN }}
+          inputs: '{ "noir-ref": "${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag-name }}" }'