diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
index bcd6402b..d4e1a349 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
@@ -6,15 +6,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   checks:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: ${{ github.base_ref == 'main' && 'production' || github.base_ref == 'v1' && 'production' || 'preview' }}
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      RELEASE_PREID: ${{ vars.RELEASE_PREID }}
-      CUSTOM_BASE_REF: ${{ github.base_ref }}
-      CUSTOM_REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-      CUSTOM_HEAD_REF: ${{ github.head_ref }}
-      RELEASE_SPECIFIER: ${{ vars.RELEASE_SPECIFIER }}
-      RELEASE_TAG: ${{ vars.RELEASE_TAG }}
 
     steps:
       # Step 1: Check out the repository code
@@ -63,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Step 9: Run the release in dry-run mode
       - name: Run Nx release version (dry-run)
-        run: pnpm release
+        run: pnpm exec nx release --first-release --skip-publish --dry-run
 
       # Step 10: Run publish in dry-run mode
       - name: Publish
@@ -73,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         # Use npx instead of yarn because yarn automagically sets NPM_* environment variables
         # like NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY so npm publish ends up ignoring the .npmrc file
         # which is set up by `setup-node` action.
-        run: pnpx nx release publish --verbose --dry-run
+        run: pnpx nx release publish --first-release --verbose --dry-run
 
       # Step 11: Upload artifacts
       - name: Upload artifacts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/release-preview.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6552383c..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-preview.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-name: Release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - next
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: preview
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      id-token: write # needed for provenance data generation
-    env:
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      RELEASE_PREID: ${{ vars.RELEASE_PREID }}
-      RELEASE_SPECIFIER: ${{ vars.RELEASE_SPECIFIER }}
-      RELEASE_TAG: ${{ vars.RELEASE_TAG }}
-
-    steps:
-      # Step 1: Check out the repository code
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch the entire history to allow proper versioning
-
-      # Step 2: Setup pnpm package manager
-      - name: Install pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
-        with:
-          version: 9
-          run_install: false
-
-      # Step 3: Set up Node.js environment
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-          cache: 'pnpm'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-
-      - name: Cache dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: '**/node_modules'
-          key: ${{ runner.OS }}-20.x-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.OS }}-20.x-
-
-      # Step 5: Install dependencies
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm i --frozen-lockfile
-
-      # Step 6: Set SHAs for nx workspace
-      - name: Set SHAs for Nx workspace
-        uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@v4
-
-      # Step 7: Run lint and test for the affected changes
-      - name: Run Nx lint and test
-        run: pnpx nx affected -t lint test --exclude nextjs,vue3
-
-      # Step 8: Run the build for the affected changes
-      - name: Run build
-        run: pnpm build
-
-      # Step 9: Set github authour
-      - name: Setup git user to "🤖 nabla bot"
-        run: git config user.email "-" && git config user.name "🤖 nabla bot"
-
-      # Step 10: Run the release
-      - name: Run Nx release version
-        run: pnpm release -d false
-
-      # Step 11: Run the build for the affected changes
-      - name: Run build
-        run: pnpm build
-
-      # Step 12: Run publish
-      - name: Publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
-        # Use npx instead of yarn because yarn automagically sets NPM_* environment variables
-        # like NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY so npm publish ends up ignoring the .npmrc file
-        # which is set up by `setup-node` action.
-        run: npx nx release publish --verbose --tag $RELEASE_TAG
-
-      # Step 13: Upload artifacts
-      - name: Upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          path: './dist'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-production.yml b/.github/workflows/release-production.yml
index f3dde29e..ec6fbeb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-production.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-production.yml
@@ -9,15 +9,11 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: production
     permissions:
       contents: write
       id-token: write # needed for provenance data generation
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      RELEASE_PREID: ${{ vars.RELEASE_PREID }}
-      RELEASE_SPECIFIER: ${{ vars.RELEASE_SPECIFIER }}
-      RELEASE_TAG: ${{ vars.RELEASE_TAG }}
 
     steps:
       # Step 1: Check out the repository code
@@ -71,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Step 10: Run the release
       - name: Run Nx release version
-        run: pnpm release -d false
+        run: pnpm exec nx release --first-release --skip-publish
 
       # Step 11: Run the build for the affected changes
       - name: Run build
@@ -85,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
         # Use npx instead of yarn because yarn automagically sets NPM_* environment variables
         # like NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY so npm publish ends up ignoring the .npmrc file
         # which is set up by `setup-node` action.
-        run: pnpx nx release publish --verbose
+        run: pnpx nx release publish --first-release --verbose --tag
 
       # Step 13: Upload artifacts
       - name: Upload artifacts
diff --git a/nx.json b/nx.json
index 7934a7b8..5c82b28a 100644
--- a/nx.json
+++ b/nx.json
@@ -80,21 +80,13 @@
   "release": {
     "projects": ["packages/*"],
     "projectsRelationship": "independent",
+    "git": {
+      "commit": true
+    },
     "version": {
-      "git": {
-        "commit": true
-      },
-      "generatorOptions": {
-        "currentVersionResolver": "git-tag",
-        "specifierSource": "conventional-commits",
-        "fallbackCurrentVersionResolver": "disk",
-        "updateDependents": "auto"
-      }
+      "conventionalCommits": true
     },
     "changelog": {
-      "git": {
-        "commit": true
-      },
       "projectChangelogs": {
         "createRelease": "github"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e2c6454c..a80fd7c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     "build": "nx run-many --target=build --exclude nextjs,vue3 --parallel=6",
     "test": "nx run-many --target=test --exclude nextjs,vue3 --parallel=6",
     "lint": "nx run-many --target=lint --exclude nextjs,vue3 --parallel=6",
-    "release": "node tools/scripts/release.js",
     "prepare": "husky install"
   },
   "private": true,
diff --git a/tools/scripts/release.js b/tools/scripts/release.js
deleted file mode 100644
index fe33679f..00000000
--- a/tools/scripts/release.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-const {
-  releaseChangelog,
-  releaseVersion,
-  releasePublish,
-} = require('nx/release');
-const yargsBuilder = require('yargs');
-const { hideBin } = require('yargs/helpers');
-
-const yargs = yargsBuilder(hideBin(process.argv));
-
-const release = async () => {
-  const preid = process.env.RELEASE_PREID?.length
-    ? process.env.RELEASE_PREID
-    : undefined;
-  const specifier = process.env.RELEASE_SPECIFIER?.length
-    ? process.env.RELEASE_SPECIFIER
-    : undefined;
-
-  const options = await yargs
-    .version(false) // don't use the default meaning of version in yargs
-    .option('dryRun', {
-      alias: 'd',
-      description:
-        'Whether or not to perform a dry-run of the release process, defaults to true',
-      type: 'boolean',
-      default: true,
-    })
-    .option('verbose', {
-      description:
-        'Whether or not to enable verbose logging, defaults to false',
-      type: 'boolean',
-      default: false,
-    })
-    .parseAsync();
-
-  const { workspaceVersion, projectsVersionData } = await releaseVersion({
-    specifier,
-    dryRun: options.dryRun,
-    verbose: options.verbose,
-    preid,
-  });
-
-  await releaseChangelog({
-    versionData: projectsVersionData,
-    version: workspaceVersion,
-    dryRun: options.dryRun,
-    verbose: options.verbose,
-  });
-
-  process.exit();
-};
-
-release();