diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index f3b8dd898..fcd6a92b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish Dry-Run
         # dry-run is always performed
-        uses: TypeFox/gh-publish-npm@4e114cef5985f2ab293188d9412ff63292bba217 # v0.3.3 / dev
+        uses: TypeFox/gh-publish-npm@0c4ee5a844ccb61c4092fc439f7db21c4a2f0ddb # v0.4.0
         with:
           dry-run: true
-          verbose: true
           npm-tag: 'next'
+          verbose: true
           npm-packages: |
-            packages/client
             packages/vscode-ws-jsonrpc
+            packages/client
             packages/wrapper-react
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_oidc.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_oidc.yml
index fc6bf936c..6f8865921 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_oidc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_oidc.yml
@@ -6,25 +6,13 @@ permissions:
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - 'release'
     tags:
       - '*-*.*.*'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      dryRun:
-        description: 'Perform a dry run without publishing to npm'
-        required: true
-        default: true
-        type: boolean
-      npmTag:
-        description: 'Enforce a specific tag for version comparisons. If not provided, the default tag "latest" will be used.'
-        required: false
-        default: 'next'
-        type: string
-      verbose:
-        description: 'npm publish with verbose output'
-        required: true
-        default: false
-        type: boolean
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/**/*'
+      - '**/package.json'
 
 jobs:
   publish_oidc:
@@ -40,23 +28,16 @@ jobs:
         uses: jdx/mise-action@e6a8b3978addb5a52f2b4cd9d91eafa7f0ab959d # v4.2.0
         with:
           cache: false
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Install
         shell: bash
         run: |
           npm ci
 
-      - name: Versions Report & Setup
+      - name: Versions Report
         shell: bash
-        env:
-          NPM_DRY_RUN: ${{ github.event.inputs.dryRun }}
-          NPM_TAG: ${{ github.event.inputs.npmTag }}
-          NPM_VERBOSE: ${{ github.event.inputs.verbose }}
-        # logs the ENV values and stores them back in GITHUB_ENV with proper defaults for the next step
         run: |
           npm run report:versions
-          ./.github/workflows/scripts/checkStatus.sh
 
       - name: Build
         shell: bash
@@ -75,20 +56,18 @@ jobs:
           npm run test:ci:tags
 
       - name: Publish
-        # dry-run can only be set to false if executed manually via workflow_dispatch
-        # tagged run only performs a dry-run for now
-        uses: TypeFox/gh-publish-npm@4e114cef5985f2ab293188d9412ff63292bba217 # v0.3.3 / dev
+        uses: TypeFox/gh-publish-npm@0c4ee5a844ccb61c4092fc439f7db21c4a2f0ddb # v0.4.0
         with:
-          dry-run: ${{ env.NPM_DRY_RUN }}
-          npm-tag: ${{ env.NPM_TAG }}
-          verbose: ${{ env.NPM_VERBOSE }}
+          dry-run: false
+          npm-tag: 'next'
+          verbose: true
           npm-packages: |
-            packages/client
             packages/vscode-ws-jsonrpc
+            packages/client
             packages/wrapper-react
 
       - name: Check npm logs
-        if: always()
+        if: success() || failure()
         shell: bash
         run: |
           ./.github/workflows/scripts/checkNpmLogs.sh
diff --git a/packages/client/package.json b/packages/client/package.json
index 79b1d4d27..25b86b02c 100644
--- a/packages/client/package.json
+++ b/packages/client/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": {
     "name": "TypeFox GmbH",
-    "url": "http://www.typefox.io"
+    "url": "https://www.typefox.io"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/examples/package.json b/packages/examples/package.json
index d686b1c79..feca3de33 100644
--- a/packages/examples/package.json
+++ b/packages/examples/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": {
     "name": "TypeFox GmbH",
-    "url": "http://www.typefox.io"
+    "url": "https://www.typefox.io"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/examples/resources/debugger/package.json b/packages/examples/resources/debugger/package.json
index cb33489ba..e684d54e9 100644
--- a/packages/examples/resources/debugger/package.json
+++ b/packages/examples/resources/debugger/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": {
     "name": "TypeFox GmbH",
-    "url": "http://www.typefox.io"
+    "url": "https://www.typefox.io"
   },
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/debugServer.js",
diff --git a/packages/vscode-ws-jsonrpc/package.json b/packages/vscode-ws-jsonrpc/package.json
index edef0b3d9..99c67291e 100644
--- a/packages/vscode-ws-jsonrpc/package.json
+++ b/packages/vscode-ws-jsonrpc/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": {
     "name": "TypeFox GmbH",
-    "url": "http://www.typefox.io"
+    "url": "https://www.typefox.io"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/wrapper-react/package.json b/packages/wrapper-react/package.json
index 0c1c7c796..2f0397174 100644
--- a/packages/wrapper-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/wrapper-react/package.json
@@ -9,16 +9,18 @@
     "typescript"
   ],
   "homepage": "https://github.com/TypeFox/monaco-languageclient/blob/main/packages/wrapper-react/README.md",
-  "bugs": "https://github.com/TypeFox/monaco-languageclient/issues",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/TypeFox/monaco-languageclient/issues"
+  },
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": {
-    "name": "TypeFox",
+    "name": "TypeFox GmbH",
     "url": "https://www.typefox.io"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/TypeFox/monaco-languageclient.git",
-    "directory": "packages/monaco-editor-react"
+    "directory": "packages/wrapper-react"
   },
   "files": [
     "lib",