diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index aef22a8ded..f03820d08d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -60,15 +60,3 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         env:
           CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.token }}
-
-  # Trigger Python release after crate publishing completes.
-  # Only runs for tag pushes; for manual Python releases, use workflow_dispatch on release_python.yml directly.
-  release-python:
-    needs: [publish]
-    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      id-token: write # Required for PyPI trusted publishing in the called workflow
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/release_python.yml
-    with:
-      release_tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_python.yml b/.github/workflows/release_python.yml
index 91fa4e3333..fc348a5350 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_python.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
 name: Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to PyPI
 
 on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      release_tag:
-        description: 'Release tag (e.g., v0.4.0 or v0.4.0-rc.1)'
-        required: true
-        type: string
+  # Given PyPI doesn't support workflow reuse,
+  # this workflow independently releases PyPI artifacts rather than being called by the crates release workflow.
+  push:
+    tags:
+      # Trigger this workflow when tag follows the versioning format: v<major>.<minor>.<patch> OR v<major>.<minor>.<patch>-rc.<release_candidate>
+      # Example valid tags: v0.4.0, v0.4.0-rc.1
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-rc.[0-9]+"
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       release_tag:
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@fac544c07dec837d0ccb6301d7b5580bf5edae39 # v8.2.0
         with:
           version: "0.9.3"
-          enable-cache: true
+          enable-cache: false  # Do not use cache for release artifacts
       # Verify the wheel is abi3-compatible and installable without building from source.
       # Skipped for cross-compiled targets since they share the same maturin config;
       # if abi3 is broken, the native target build will catch it.
@@ -225,9 +227,12 @@ jobs:
           pattern: wheels-*
           merge-multiple: true
           path: bindings/python/dist
+
+      # Note: PyPI publish must always be in the top-level workflow
+      # Workflow reuse is not supported by PyPI: https://github.com/pypi/warehouse/issues/11096
       - name: Publish to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@ed0c53931b1dc9bd32cbe73a98c7f6766f8a527e # v1.13.0
         with:
-          skip-existing: true
+          skip-existing: false
           packages-dir: bindings/python/dist
           verbose: true