diff --git a/.azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure-pipelines.yml
index 1b54dd1678..b9ce8eaca0 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -173,8 +173,3 @@ jobs:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: $(AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID)
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: $(AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)
           BUILD_NUMBER: $(Build.BuildNumber)
-      - script: make publish-npm
-        displayName: Publish npm package
-        condition: "and(succeeded(), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/'))"
-        env:
-          NPM_TOKEN: $(NPM_TOKEN)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2502249ee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Publish NPM
+on:
+  release:
+    types:
+      - published
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Publish NPM
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [12.x]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Release
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Using Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+
+      - name: Generate NPM package
+        run: |
+           make build-npm
+
+      - name: publish new release
+        if: contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        run: |
+           make publish-npm
+        env:
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dfeb43fe0e..d2b7cc9dd8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ build-npm: build-extension-types copy-extension-themes src/extensions/npm/extens
 	yarn npm:fix-package-version
 
 .PHONY: build-extension-types
-build-extension-types: src/extensions/npm/extensions/dist
+build-extension-types: node_modules src/extensions/npm/extensions/dist
 
 .PHONY: publish-npm
 publish-npm: node_modules build-npm