diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7584af89a0..93ebd74f0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -141,27 +141,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: go-waku-logs
           path: log/
-
-  release_next:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-    needs: [check, build, proto, browser, node]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_JS }}
-      - uses: bahmutov/npm-install@v1
-
-      - name: Append git hash to version
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          CURR_VERSION=$(cat package.json | jq .version | tr -d '"')
-          GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-          cat package.json| jq --arg version "$CURR_VERSION-$GIT_HASH" '.version |= $version' > _package.json
-          mv -f _package.json package.json
-
-      - name: Authenticate with registry
-        run: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}" > ./.npmrc
-
-      - run: npm publish --tag next --access public