diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 3783357..72ff69d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,5 @@ jobs:
       dry_run: true
       asdfVersion: ${{ needs.get_asdf_version.outputs.asdf_version }}
       branch_name: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-      publish_package: false
       tag_format: ${{ needs.get_asdf_version.outputs.tag_format }}
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 01b381f..2610b2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,5 @@ jobs:
       dry_run: false
       asdfVersion: ${{ needs.get_asdf_version.outputs.asdf_version }}
       branch_name: main
-      publish_package: false
       tag_format: ${{ needs.get_asdf_version.outputs.tag_format }}
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
index 25e71ea..e9129bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag-release.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ on:
                 type: string
                 required: false
                 default: "0.18.0"
-            publish_package:
-                description: "Whether to publish a package to an npm registry"
-                required: true
-                type: boolean
+            publish_packages:
+                description: "comma separated list of package folders to publish to an npm registry"
+                required: false
+                type: string
+                default: ""
             tag_format:
                 description: "The tag format to use for the release tags"
                 required: false
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ jobs:
                   name: config_artifact
 
             - name: Cache asdf
-              if: ${{ inputs.publish_package }}
+              if: inputs.publish_packages != ''
               uses: actions/cache@v5
               with:
                   path: |
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ jobs:
                       ${{ runner.os }}-asdf-
 
             - name: Install asdf dependencies in .tool-versions
-              if: ${{ inputs.publish_package }}
+              if: inputs.publish_packages != ''
               uses: asdf-vm/actions/install@b7bcd026f18772e44fe1026d729e1611cc435d47
               with:
                   asdf_version: ${{ inputs.asdfVersion }}
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ jobs:
                   PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS: --enable-shared
 
             - name: Install Dependencies and Build Package
-              if: ${{ inputs.publish_package }}
+              if: inputs.publish_packages != ''
               run: |
                   make install
                   make build
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ jobs:
               env:
                   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
                   BRANCH_NAME: ${{ inputs.branch_name }}
-                  PUBLISH_PACKAGE: ${{ inputs.publish_package }}
+                  PUBLISH_PACKAGES: ${{ inputs.publish_packages }}
                   TAG_FORMAT: ${{ inputs.tag_format }}
                   NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
                   MAIN_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.main_branch }}
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ jobs:
               env:
                   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
                   NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-                  PUBLISH_PACKAGE: ${{ inputs.publish_package }}
+                  PUBLISH_PACKAGES: ${{ inputs.publish_packages }}
                   TAG_FORMAT: ${{ inputs.tag_format }}
                   MAIN_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.main_branch }}
                   EXTRA_ASSET: ${{ inputs.extra_artifact_name }}
diff --git a/release.config.cjs b/release.config.cjs
index 01b1935..9c6c739 100644
--- a/release.config.cjs
+++ b/release.config.cjs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 const { readFileSync } = require("fs")
 
 const commitTemplate = readFileSync("./releaseNotesTemplates/commit.hbs").toString()
-const publish_package = process.env.PUBLISH_PACKAGE === "true"
+const publish_packages = process.env.PUBLISH_PACKAGES?.split(",").map(s => s.trim()).filter(s => s.length > 0) || []
 const mainBranch = process.env.MAIN_BRANCH || "main"
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ module.exports = {
                 changelogFile: "CHANGELOG.md"
             }
         ],
-        ...(publish_package ? ["@semantic-release/npm"] : []),
+        ...publish_packages.map(subpackage => [
+            "@semantic-release/npm",
+            {
+                pkgRoot: subpackage
+            }
+        ]),
         [
             "@semantic-release/github",
             {
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index c2aa41b..f6b852a 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 sonar.organization=nhsdigital
 sonar.projectKey=NHSDigital_eps-common-workflows
-sonar.host.url=https://sonarcloud.io
\ No newline at end of file
+sonar.host.url=https://sonarcloud.io
+
+sonar.coverage.exclusions=\
+    release.config.cjs
\ No newline at end of file