diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 5ebd421589..37f2b04e07 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -134,6 +134,57 @@ jobs:
           name: publish package versions
           command: |
             bun ./publish-version.mjs
+      - run:
+          name: create GitHub release from version tag
+          command: |
+            if [ -z "$GH_TOKEN" ]; then
+              echo "GH_TOKEN is required to create GitHub releases."
+              exit 1
+            fi
+
+            if [ ! -f ./version.txt ]; then
+              echo "version.txt was not found; cannot create release."
+              exit 1
+            fi
+
+            VERSION=$(tr -d '\r\n' < ./version.txt)
+            TAG="v${VERSION}"
+            IS_PRERELEASE=false
+
+            if [ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" = "beta" ]; then
+              IS_PRERELEASE=true
+            fi
+
+            RELEASE_PAYLOAD=$(cat \<<EOF
+            {
+              "tag_name": "${TAG}",
+              "target_commitish": "${CIRCLE_SHA1}",
+              "name": "${TAG}",
+              "body": "Automated release for ${TAG}",
+              "draft": false,
+              "prerelease": ${IS_PRERELEASE},
+              "generate_release_notes": true
+            }
+            EOF
+            )
+
+            HTTP_CODE=$(curl -sS -o /tmp/create-release-response.json -w "%{http_code}" \
+              -X POST \
+              -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+              -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GH_TOKEN}" \
+              -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+              "https://api.github.com/repos/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME}/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}/releases" \
+              -d "${RELEASE_PAYLOAD}")
+
+            if [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "201" ]; then
+              echo "Created GitHub release for ${TAG}."
+            elif [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "422" ]; then
+              echo "Release for ${TAG} already exists; treating as success."
+            else
+              echo "Failed to create release. HTTP status: $HTTP_CODE"
+              cat /tmp/create-release-response.json
+              exit 1
+            fi
       - run:
           name: Again set the NPM registry (was deleted in the version script)
           command: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" > ~/repo/.npmrc
@@ -167,7 +218,7 @@ workflows:
             branches:
               only:
                 - main
-                # - beta
+                - beta
       - BUILD:
           requires:
             - CHECKOUT
diff --git a/publish-version.mjs b/publish-version.mjs
index 2521cb022b..85b3b08db5 100644
--- a/publish-version.mjs
+++ b/publish-version.mjs
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ async function run() {
     '--message',
     `chore(version): Update package versions to ${nextVersion} [skip ci]`,
     '--conventional-commits',
-    '--create-release',
-    'github',
     '--no-push',
   ]);