diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 05cf5a6..784036c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ jobs:
       # Setup .npmrc file to publish to npm
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+          node-version: "20.x"
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
       - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
       - run: bun install
       - run: bun run build-designsystem
-      - run: cd dist && npm publish --access=public
+      - run: cd packages/lib/dist && npm publish
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.npm_token}}
diff --git a/packages/lib/build.ts b/packages/lib/build.ts
index 873298e..529b771 100644
--- a/packages/lib/build.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/build.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,22 @@ import esbuild from 'esbuild';
 import { dtsPlugin } from 'esbuild-plugin-d.ts';
 import litPlugin from 'esbuild-plugin-lit';
 
-import { dependencies } from './package.json';
+import { dependencies, peerDependencies } from './package.json';
 
 esbuild.build({
-  entryPoints: ['components/**/(index|react).ts'],
+  entryPoints: ['components/**/index.ts', 'components/**/react.ts'],
   outdir: 'dist',
   bundle: true,
   sourcemap: true,
-  metafile: true,
   outbase: 'components',
+  allowOverwrite: true,
   format: 'esm',
   plugins: [litPlugin(), dtsPlugin({ tsconfig: 'tsconfig.lib.json' })],
-  external: [...Object.keys(dependencies)],
+
+  /**
+   * The React wrappers import the web component from the index file.
+   * We do not want to bundle the web component into the react entry point,
+   * so we exclude all imports of "./index" from the bundle.
+   */
+  external: [...Object.keys(dependencies), ...Object.keys(peerDependencies), './index*'],
 });
diff --git a/packages/lib/package.json b/packages/lib/package.json
index 6e7e68c..54e3074 100644
--- a/packages/lib/package.json
+++ b/packages/lib/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "bun run build-components && bun run build-global-styles",
     "build-global-styles": "tsup global-styles.css --out-dir dist",
-    "build-components": "rm -rf dist && bun build.ts",
+    "build-components": "bun build.ts",
     "create-icon-registry": "svg-to-ts-constants"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     "@lit/react": "^1.0.6",
     "lit": "^3.2.1"
   },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "react": ">=18.0.0 <20.0.0"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^22.10.2",
     "esbuild": "^0.24.0",