diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 3526ef4cd7b..a5377982b29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ on:
         required: true
         default: ""
         type: string
+      publish_ui:
+        description: 'Publish to NPM?'
+        required: true
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
   workflow_call: # Allows trigger the workflow from other workflow
     inputs:
       custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
@@ -26,6 +31,11 @@ on:
         required: true
         default: ""
         type: string
+      publish_ui:
+        description: 'Publish to NPM?'
+        required: true
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
 
 jobs:
   publish-python-sdk:
@@ -50,3 +60,12 @@ jobs:
     with:
       custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
       token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
+
+  publish-web-ui:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish_web_ui.yml
+    needs: [ publish-python-sdk ]
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
+      token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token || github.token }}
+      publish_ui: ${{ github.event.inputs.publish_ui != 'false' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_web_ui.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_web_ui.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..34d0c2b511f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_web_ui.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+name: publish web ui
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # Allows manual trigger of the workflow
+    inputs:
+      custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
+        description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      token:
+        description: 'Personal Access Token'
+        required: true
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+      publish_ui:
+        description: 'Publish to NPM?'
+        required: true
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+  workflow_call: # Allows trigger of the workflow from another workflow
+    inputs:
+      custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
+        description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      token:
+        description: 'Personal Access Token'
+        required: true
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+      publish_ui:
+        description: 'Publish to NPM?'
+        required: true
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+
+jobs:
+  publish-web-ui-npm:
+    if: github.repository == 'feast-dev/feast'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      # This publish is working using an NPM automation token to bypass 2FA
+      NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - id: get-version
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-semantic-release-version
+        with:
+          custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
+          token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token || github.token }}
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version-file: './ui/.nvmrc'
+      - name: Bump file versions (temporarily for Web UI publish)
+        env:
+          CURRENT_VERSION: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.current_version }}
+          NEXT_VERSION: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
+        run: python ./infra/scripts/release/bump_file_versions.py ${CURRENT_VERSION} ${NEXT_VERSION}
+      - name: Install yarn dependencies
+        working-directory: ./ui
+        run: yarn install
+      - name: Build yarn rollup
+        working-directory: ./ui
+        run: yarn build:lib
+      - name: Publish UI package
+        working-directory: ./ui
+        if: github.event.inputs.publish_ui != 'false'
+        run: npm publish
+        env:
+          # This publish is working using an NPM automation token to bypass 2FA
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 51997d5697d..eaf82645889 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -112,40 +112,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build & version operator-specific release files
         run: make -C infra/feast-operator build-installer bundle
 
-  publish-web-ui-npm:
-    needs: [ validate_version_bumps, get_dry_release_versions ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      # This publish is working using an NPM automation token to bypass 2FA
-      NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-      CURRENT_VERSION: ${{ needs.get_dry_release_versions.outputs.current_version }}
-      NEXT_VERSION: ${{ needs.get_dry_release_versions.outputs.next_version }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version-file: './ui/.nvmrc'
-      - name: Bump file versions (temporarily for Web UI publish)
-        run: python ./infra/scripts/release/bump_file_versions.py ${CURRENT_VERSION} ${NEXT_VERSION}
-      - name: Install yarn dependencies
-        working-directory: ./ui
-        run: yarn install
-      - name: Build yarn rollup
-        working-directory: ./ui
-        run: yarn build:lib
-      - name: Publish UI package
-        working-directory: ./ui
-        if: github.event.inputs.dry_run == 'false' && github.event.inputs.publish_ui == 'true'
-        run: npm publish
-        env:
-          # This publish is working using an NPM automation token to bypass 2FA
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-
   release:
     name: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: publish-web-ui-npm
+    needs: validate_version_bumps
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
       GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: feast-ci-bot