diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c9ed28a0..abe72f86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -98,8 +98,5 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NPM_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_tag }}
         run: |
-          for package_dir in packages/rstack/npm/*; do
-            pnpm publish "$package_dir" --tag "$NPM_TAG" --no-git-checks
-          done
-
+          pnpm --dir packages/rstack/npm -r publish --tag "$NPM_TAG" --no-git-checks
           pnpm --filter './packages/*' -r stage publish --tag "$NPM_TAG" --no-git-checks
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f97dd4ad..ef2bf49b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ doc_build
 /target/
 /artifacts/
 /packages/rstack/*.node
-/packages/rstack/npm/
+
+# Native packages are generated
+/packages/rstack/npm/*
+# Keep only the publish workspace manifest
+!/packages/rstack/npm/pnpm-workspace.yaml
 
 # Temp files
 test-temp-*
diff --git a/packages/rstack/npm/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/packages/rstack/npm/pnpm-workspace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e34eedde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rstack/npm/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Isolate generated native packages from the root workspace while enabling recursive publish.
+packages:
+  - '*'