diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
index 9ed0c981..b34fd090 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -5,29 +5,22 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
 
 jobs:
-  check-release:
+  is-release:
     # release merge commits come from GitHub user
     if: github.event.head_commit.committer.name == 'GitHub'
     outputs:
-      IS_RELEASE: ${{ steps.check-release.outputs.IS_RELEASE }}
+      IS_RELEASE: ${{ steps.is-release.outputs.IS_RELEASE }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.sha }}
-          # we need this commit + the last so we can compare below
-          fetch-depth: 2
-      # exit early if the version has not changed
-      - name: Check Release
-        id: check-release
-        run: ./scripts/check-release.sh ${{ github.event.before }}
+      - uses: MetaMask/action-is-release@v1.0
+        id: is-release
 
   publish-release:
     permissions:
       contents: write
-    if: needs.check-release.outputs.IS_RELEASE == 'true'
+    if: needs.is-release.outputs.IS_RELEASE == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: check-release
+    needs: is-release
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
diff --git a/scripts/check-release.sh b/scripts/check-release.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 31e7806a..00000000
--- a/scripts/check-release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -x
-set -e
-set -o pipefail
-
-BEFORE="${1}"
-
-if [[ -z $BEFORE ]]; then
-  echo "Error: Before SHA not specified."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-VERSION_BEFORE="$(git show "$BEFORE":package.json | jq --raw-output .version)"
-VERSION_AFTER="$(jq --raw-output .version package.json)"
-if [[ "$VERSION_BEFORE" == "$VERSION_AFTER" ]]; then
-  echo "Notice: version unchanged. Skipping release."
-  echo "::set-output name=IS_RELEASE::false"
-  exit 0
-fi
- 
-echo "::set-output name=IS_RELEASE::true"