diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 94893b4..4850a32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
-name: publish
+name: build-wheels
 
-# Builds compiled wheels (+ sdist) for every supported platform. When called by
-# release-please.yml with publish=true it uploads them to PyPI via OIDC Trusted
-# Publishing -- no API token stored. On pull_request / workflow_dispatch it only
-# builds, acting as a wheel-build smoke test.
+# Builds compiled wheels (+ sdist) for every supported platform and uploads them as
+# `wheels-*` artifacts. This is a reusable, build-only workflow: it does NOT publish.
+# release-please.yml calls it via `workflow_call` and then runs the PyPI upload itself.
 #
-# NOTE: this is invoked via `workflow_call` from release-please.yml rather than a
-# `release: published` trigger, because releases created by the default GITHUB_TOKEN
-# cannot trigger downstream workflows. The caller runs in the push-to-main context,
-# which is not subject to that restriction.
+# Why the upload lives in the caller, not here: PyPI Trusted Publishing does not work
+# from inside a reusable workflow (it raises `invalid-publisher`), so the
+# `pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish` step must run in a top-level workflow.
+# See https://github.com/pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish/issues/166
 on:
   workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      publish:
-        description: "Upload the built artifacts to PyPI"
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - "src/**"
@@ -44,14 +38,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           args: --release --out dist
-          sccache: ${{ github.event_name != 'release' }}
+          sccache: true
           manylinux: auto
       - name: Build free-threaded wheels
         uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           args: --release --out dist -i python3.13t
-          sccache: ${{ github.event_name != 'release' }}
+          sccache: true
           manylinux: auto
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -74,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           args: --release --out dist
-          sccache: ${{ github.event_name != 'release' }}
+          sccache: true
           manylinux: musllinux_1_2
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -98,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           args: --release --out dist
-          sccache: ${{ github.event_name != 'release' }}
+          sccache: true
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: wheels-windows-${{ matrix.target }}
@@ -124,13 +118,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           args: --release --out dist
-          sccache: ${{ github.event_name != 'release' }}
+          sccache: true
       - name: Build free-threaded wheels
         uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           args: --release --out dist -i python3.13t
-          sccache: ${{ github.event_name != 'release' }}
+          sccache: true
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: wheels-macos-${{ matrix.target }}
@@ -149,28 +143,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: wheels-sdist
           path: dist
-
-  release:
-    name: Publish to PyPI
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ inputs.publish }}
-    needs: [linux, musllinux, windows, macos, sdist]
-    environment: pypi
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write       # OIDC Trusted Publishing
-      contents: read
-      attestations: write   # build provenance
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          pattern: wheels-*
-          path: dist
-          merge-multiple: true
-      - name: Generate artifact attestation
-        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@v2
-        with:
-          subject-path: "dist/*"
-      - name: Publish to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          packages-dir: dist
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 7ae88b7..3a35ed5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -24,16 +24,38 @@ jobs:
           config-file: release-please-config.json
           manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
 
-  # When a release was just created, build wheels and publish to PyPI. Invoked here
-  # (in the push-to-main context) rather than via a `release:` trigger because releases
-  # made with GITHUB_TOKEN cannot trigger downstream workflows.
-  publish:
+  # When a release was just created, build wheels (reusable workflow) then publish.
+  # This all runs in the push-to-main context rather than via a `release:` trigger
+  # because releases made with GITHUB_TOKEN cannot trigger downstream workflows.
+  build:
     needs: release-please
     if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created == 'true' }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish.yml
+
+  # The PyPI upload must run in this top-level workflow, not the reusable one above:
+  # Trusted Publishing fails (`invalid-publisher`) from inside a reusable workflow.
+  # NOTE: the PyPI trusted publisher must be configured with workflow file
+  # `release-please.yml` (this file), since that is the workflow that runs the upload.
+  pypi:
+    needs: [release-please, build]
+    if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created == 'true' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: pypi
     permissions:
       id-token: write # OIDC Trusted Publishing
       contents: read
       attestations: write # build provenance
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish.yml
-    with:
-      publish: true
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: wheels-*
+          path: dist
+          merge-multiple: true
+      - name: Generate artifact attestation
+        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@v2
+        with:
+          subject-path: "dist/*"
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          packages-dir: dist