diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8e6f86e3..73977a5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,37 @@ jobs:
       - run: make build
       - name: Verify example configs
         run: find ./examples -name "*.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 -I % ./yace verify-config -config.file %
+
+  publish_master:
+    name: Publish master branch artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build, verify-example-configs]
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.event.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: prometheus/promci@52c7012f5f0070d7281b8db4a119e21341d43c91 # v0.4.5
+      - uses: ./.github/promci/actions/publish_master
+        with:
+          docker_hub_login: ${{ secrets.docker_hub_login }}
+          docker_hub_password: ${{ secrets.docker_hub_password }}
+          quay_io_login: ${{ secrets.quay_io_login }}
+          quay_io_password: ${{ secrets.quay_io_password }}
+
+  publish_release:
+    name: Publish release artefacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build, verify-example-configs]
+    if: |
+      (github.repository == 'prometheus-community/yet-another-cloudwatch-exporter')
+      &&
+      (github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v.'))
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: prometheus/promci@52c7012f5f0070d7281b8db4a119e21341d43c91 # v0.4.5
+      - uses: ./.github/promci/actions/publish_release
+        with:
+          docker_hub_login: ${{ secrets.docker_hub_login }}
+          docker_hub_password: ${{ secrets.docker_hub_password }}
+          quay_io_login: ${{ secrets.quay_io_login }}
+          quay_io_password: ${{ secrets.quay_io_password }}
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.PROMBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 68f9e69a..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-on: push
-
-name: Build and test
-jobs:
-  buildDockerImage:
-    name: Publish master branch artifacts
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [build, verify]
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.event.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-      - uses: prometheus/promci@52c7012f5f0070d7281b8db4a119e21341d43c91 # v0.4.5
-      - uses: ./.github/promci/actions/publish_master
-        with:
-          docker_hub_login: ${{ secrets.docker_hub_login }}
-          docker_hub_password: ${{ secrets.docker_hub_password }}
-          quay_io_login: ${{ secrets.quay_io_login }}
-          quay_io_password: ${{ secrets.quay_io_password }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dcb9087..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish Docker image and binaries
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - 'v*'
-
-jobs:
-  buildDockerImage:
-    name: Publish release artefacts
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [build, verify]
-    if: |
-      (github.repository == 'prometheus-community/yet-another-cloudwatch-exporter')
-      &&
-      (github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v.'))
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-      - uses: prometheus/promci@52c7012f5f0070d7281b8db4a119e21341d43c91 # v0.4.5
-      - uses: ./.github/promci/actions/publish_release
-        with:
-          docker_hub_login: ${{ secrets.docker_hub_login }}
-          docker_hub_password: ${{ secrets.docker_hub_password }}
-          quay_io_login: ${{ secrets.quay_io_login }}
-          quay_io_password: ${{ secrets.quay_io_password }}
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.PROMBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}