diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index fe2838e8..61a78199 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm install
 
+      - name: Build distribution
+        run: npm run build
+
       - name: Release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.releaserc.yml b/.releaserc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..112fbf67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+plugins:
+  - "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
+  - "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
+  - - "@semantic-release/changelog"
+    - changelogFile: "CHANGELOG.md"
+  - - "@semantic-release/npm"
+    - npmPublish: true
+  - - "@semantic-release/github"
+    - assets:
+        - "dist/**"
+        - "LICENSE"
+      draft: true
+  - - "@semantic-release/git"
+    - assets:
+        - "CHANGELOG.md"
+      message: "chore(release): prepare ${nextRelease.version} [skip ci]"
+
+branches:
+  - name: "main"
+
+tagFormat: ${version}
diff --git a/release.config.js b/release.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a635636..00000000
--- a/release.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  branches: ['main'],
-  plugins: [
-    '@semantic-release/commit-analyzer',
-    '@semantic-release/release-notes-generator',
-    ['@semantic-release/changelog', {
-      'changelogFile': 'CHANGELOG.md'
-    }],
-    ['@semantic-release/npm', {
-      'npmPublish': true
-    }],
-    ['@semantic-release/github', {
-      'assets': ['dist/**', 'LICENSE']
-    }],
-    ['@semantic-release/git', {
-      'assets': ['CHANGELOG.md'],
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-template-curly-in-string
-      'message': 'chore(release): ${nextRelease.version} [skip ci]\n\n${nextRelease.notes}'
-    }]
-  ]
-}