diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 7b2dcb7d..880d0f5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      RELEASE_PUBLISHED: ${{ steps.semantic-release.outputs.RELEASE_PUBLISHED }}
     permissions:
       contents: write # to be able to publish a GitHub release
       issues: write # to be able to comment on released issues
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: "lts/*"
       - name: Release
+        id: semantic-release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RAPIDSAI_PYPI_TOKEN }}
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           npm install
           npx semantic-release
   trigger-pipeline:
+    if: needs.release.outputs.RELEASE_PUBLISHED == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: release
     steps:
diff --git a/.releaserc.yaml b/.releaserc.yaml
index 4c9cb35f..81184e0e 100644
--- a/.releaserc.yaml
+++ b/.releaserc.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ plugins:
   - - "@semantic-release/exec"
     - verifyReleaseCmd: ./ci/update-versions.sh ${nextRelease.version} && ./ci/build-test.sh
       publishCmd: ./ci/pypi-publish.sh
+      successCmd: ./ci/semantic-release-success.sh
   - - "@semantic-release/git"
     - assets:
         - src/rapids_dependency_file_generator/_version.py
diff --git a/ci/semantic-release-success.sh b/ci/semantic-release-success.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..26847f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/semantic-release-success.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+echo "RELEASE_PUBLISHED=true" | tee --append "${GITHUB_OUTPUT:-/dev/null}"