diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release-artifacts.yml
index a4b76e2469..b8e7bd8230 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release-artifacts.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   publish-to-github-release:
-    # only run if `check-tag` completes successfully
-    needs: check-tag
     runs-on: "codebuild-ion-java-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}-arm-3.0-large"
     permissions:
       contents: write