diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c9b6a0141..9aab34a69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -39,22 +39,12 @@ jobs:
       - run: corepack enable
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: yarn install --immutable
-      - name: Get Next Version
-        id: next_version
-        run: |
-          export NEXT_VERSION="$(./scripts/getNextVersion.mjs)"
-          echo "Next Version: $NEXT_VERSION"
-          echo "version=$NEXT_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
       - name: Create Release
         run: yarn run release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-          NEXT_VERSION: ${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}
-          SENTRY_RELEASE: ${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}
           SENTRY_ORG: chromatic-lt
           SENTRY_PROJECT: cli
           SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5bbf78ce6..04f2b71ff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@
     "build-storybook": "storybook build --stats-json",
     "build-test-storybook": "cross-env SMOKE_TEST=true storybook build -o test-storybook --stats-json",
     "build-subdir": "cd subdir ; yarn build ; cd ..",
-    "sentry": "yarn sentry:sourcemaps:cli && yarn sentry:sourcemaps:action && yarn sentry:release && yarn sentry:release:commits",
-    "sentry:sourcemaps:cli": "sentry-cli sourcemaps inject dist && sentry-cli sourcemaps upload dist",
-    "sentry:sourcemaps:action": "sentry-cli sourcemaps inject action && sentry-cli sourcemaps upload action",
-    "sentry:release": "sentry-cli releases new -p cli $NEXT_VERSION",
-    "sentry:release:commits": "sentry-cli releases set-commits --auto $NEXT_VERSION",
     "chromatic": "./dist/bin.js",
     "chromatic-prebuilt": "./dist/bin.js --storybook-build-dir=\"storybook-static\"",
     "chromatic-staging": "CHROMATIC_INDEX_URL=https://www.staging-chromatic.com ./dist/bin.js",
@@ -85,7 +80,7 @@
     "lint": "yarn lint:js bin-src node-src test-stories ./isChromatic.js ./isChromatic.mjs",
     "lint:js": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production eslint --cache --cache-location=.cache/eslint --report-unused-disable-directives",
     "lint:package": "sort-package-json",
-    "release": "./scripts/versionAndBuild.mjs && yarn sentry && yarn clean:sourcemaps && auto shipit",
+    "release": "./scripts/versionAndBuildForRelease.mjs && auto shipit",
     "prepack": "clean-package",
     "postpack": "clean-package restore",
     "publish-action": "./scripts/publish-action.mjs",
diff --git a/scripts/versionAndBuild.mjs b/scripts/versionAndBuild.mjs
deleted file mode 100755
index a0c252705..000000000
--- a/scripts/versionAndBuild.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-import { $ } from 'execa';
-
-async function main() {
-  const { stdout: status } = await $`git status --porcelain`;
-  if (status) {
-    console.error(`❗️ Working directory is not clean:\n${status}`);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const nextVersion = process.env.NEXT_VERSION;
-  if (!nextVersion) {
-    console.error('❗️ NEXT_VERSION environment variable is required');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  console.info(`📌 Temporarily bumping version to '${nextVersion}' for build step`);
-  await $`npm --no-git-tag-version version ${nextVersion}`;
-
-  console.info('📦 Building with new version');
-  await $({ stdio: 'inherit' })`yarn build`;
-
-  console.info('🧹 Resetting changes to let `auto` do its thing');
-  await $`git reset --hard`;
-
-  console.info('✅ Build with new version completed');
-}
-
-main();
diff --git a/scripts/versionAndBuildForRelease.mjs b/scripts/versionAndBuildForRelease.mjs
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ab626a438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/versionAndBuildForRelease.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import { $ } from 'execa';
+
+async function main() {
+  const { stdout: status } = await $`git status --porcelain`;
+  if (status) {
+    console.error(`❗️ Working directory is not clean:\n${status}`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const { stdout: nextVersion } = await $`auto shipit --dry-run --quiet`;
+
+  console.info(`📌 Temporarily bumping version to '${nextVersion}' for build step`);
+  await $`npm --no-git-tag-version version ${nextVersion}`;
+
+  console.info('📦 Building with new version');
+  await $({
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+      SENTRY_RELEASE: nextVersion,
+    },
+  })`yarn build`;
+
+  console.info('🧹 Resetting changes to let `auto` do its thing');
+  await $`git reset --hard`;
+
+  console.info('🌐 Sending sourcemaps to Sentry');
+  await $`sentry-cli sourcemaps inject dist`;
+  await $`sentry-cli sourcemaps upload dist`;
+  await $`sentry-cli sourcemaps inject action`;
+  await $`sentry-cli sourcemaps upload action`;
+
+  console.info('🚀 Creating new release in Sentry');
+  await $`sentry-cli releases new -p cli ${nextVersion}`;
+
+  console.info('🔗 Associating commits with release');
+  await $`sentry-cli releases set-commits --auto ${nextVersion}`;
+
+  console.info('🧹 Removing sourcemaps from build');
+  await $`yarn clean:sourcemaps`;
+
+  console.info('✅ Build with new version completed, ready for auto!');
+}
+
+main();