diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-release-upload.yml b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-release-upload.yml
index e07714d..c3ff077 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-release-upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-release-upload.yml
@@ -4,27 +4,10 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     tags:
-      - '*'  # Trigger on all tags initially
+      - '*'  # Trigger on all tags initially, but tag and release privilege are verified in _build-wheel-release-upload.yml
 
 jobs:
-  tag-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      tag_valid: ${{ steps.tag-check.outputs.tag_valid }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Extract and validate tag for (pre)-release
-        id: tag-check
-        run: |
-          TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
-
-          # Check if the tag matches the pattern, e.g. 3.1.32 or 0.1.3rc0
-          if [[ "$TAG_NAME" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]] || [[ "$TAG_NAME" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+rc[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-            echo "tag_valid=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
   release:
-    needs: tag-check
-    if: needs.tag-check.outputs.tag_valid == 'true'
     permissions:
       contents: write
     uses: Billingegroup/release-scripts/.github/workflows/_build-wheel-release-upload.yml@v0
@@ -32,3 +15,4 @@ jobs:
       project: diffpy.snmf
     secrets:
       PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
+      PAT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}