diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5656f134a8..07a57b2ab7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: release
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - dotnet-tool-signing
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write
@@ -20,114 +23,14 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "version=$(cat VERSION | sed -E 's/.[0-9]+$//')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         id: version
 
-  # ================================
-  #           .NET Tool
-  # ================================
-  dotnet-tool-build:
-    name: Build .NET tool
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: prereqs
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up .NET
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4.0.0
-        with:
-          dotnet-version: 7.0.x
-
-      - name: Build .NET tool
-        run: |
-          src/shared/DotnetTool/layout.sh --configuration=Release
-
-      - name: Upload .NET tool artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: tmp.dotnet-tool-build
-          path: |
-            out/shared/DotnetTool/nupkg/Release
-
   dotnet-tool-payload-sign:
     name: Sign .NET tool payload
     # ESRP service requires signing to run on Windows
     runs-on: windows-latest
     environment: release
-    needs: dotnet-tool-build
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Download payload
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: tmp.dotnet-tool-build
-
-      - name: Log into Azure
-        uses: azure/login@v1
-        with:
-          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
-          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
-          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
-
       - name: Download/extract Sign CLI tool
-        shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          az storage blob download --file sign-cli.zip --auth-mode login `
-            --account-name $env:AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT `
-            --container $env:AZURE_STORAGE_CONTAINER --name $env:SIGN_CLI_TOOL
+          echo $env:AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT
+          az storage blob download --file sign-cli.zip --auth-mode login --account-name $env:AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT --container-name $env:AZURE_STORAGE_CONTAINER --name $env:SIGN_CLI_TOOL
           Expand-Archive -Path sign-cli.zip -DestinationPath .\sign-cli
-
-      - name: Sign payload
-        shell: pwsh
-        run: |
-          ./sign-cli/sign.exe code azcodesign payload/* `
-            -acsu https://wus2.codesigning.azure.net/ `
-            -acsa git-fundamentals-signing `
-            -acscp git-fundamentals-windows-signing `
-            -d "Git Fundamentals Windows Signing Certificate" `
-            -u "https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager" `
-            -acsm true
-
-      - name: Lay out signed payload, images, and symbols
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          mkdir dotnet-tool-payload-sign
-          rm -rf payload
-          mv images payload.sym -t dotnet-tool-payload-sign
-          unzip signed/payload.zip -d dotnet-tool-payload-sign
-
-      - name: Upload signed payload
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: dotnet-tool-payload-sign
-          path: |
-            dotnet-tool-payload-sign
-
-  dotnet-tool-pack:
-    name: Package .NET tool
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [prereqs, dotnet-tool-payload-sign]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Download signed payload
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: dotnet-tool-payload-sign
-          path: signed
-
-      - name: Set up .NET
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4.0.0
-        with:
-          dotnet-version: 7.0.x
-
-      - name: Package tool
-        run: |
-          src/shared/DotnetTool/pack.sh --configuration=Release \
-            --version="${{ needs.prereqs.outputs.version }}" \
-            --publish-dir=$(pwd)/signed
-
-      - name: Upload unsigned package
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: tmp.dotnet-tool-package-unsigned
-          path: |
-            out/shared/DotnetTool/nupkg/Release/*.nupkg