diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index 3e7588b..edf094e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@
 
 name: python-publish
 
+# Triggered by the tag push itself, not by the GitHub Release.
+# python-packages.yml creates that Release using GITHUB_TOKEN, and GitHub's
+# anti-recursion rule means events produced by GITHUB_TOKEN never start another
+# workflow — so `release: published` silently never fired here and the package
+# was never uploaded, while every other check went green.
 on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v[0-9]+*"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -20,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     if: >-
       github.repository == 'WaveSpeedAI/wavespeed-python' &&
-      ((github.event_name == 'release' && github.ref_type == 'tag' &&
+      ((github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_type == 'tag' &&
         startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')) ||
        (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'))
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest