diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index c361c0bc..3872c31f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ name: Multi-platform Python/C++ build/test
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ "main" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+       - '.github/workflows/publish*.yml'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "main" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+       - '.github/workflows/publish*.yml'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.event.number || github.head_ref || github.sha }}-${{ github.workflow }}
@@ -227,3 +231,8 @@ jobs:
         retention-days: 1
         if-no-files-found: error
 
+  call-publish-pypi:
+    name: "Trigger workflow to publish distribution 📦s to PyPI/TestPyPI"
+    needs: build_and_test
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+