diff --git a/.github/workflows/buf.yml b/.github/workflows/buf.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 647c26e4a..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/buf.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-name: Buf Plugin
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "v*"
-
-jobs:
-  push_to_buf_registry:
-    name: Push Docker image to Buf Registry
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Set output
-        id: vars
-        run: echo ::set-output name=tag::${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}
-
-      - name: Log in to Buf Plugin Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
-        with:
-          registry: plugins.buf.build
-          username: ${{ secrets.BUF_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.BUF_PASSWORD }}
-
-      - name: Build Plugin image
-        env:
-          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.tag }}
-        run: docker build
-          --file ts-proto.Dockerfile
-          --tag plugins.buf.build/${{ secrets.BUF_USERNAME }}/ts-proto:${RELEASE_VERSION}-0
-          "."
-
-      - name: Push to Buf Registry
-        env:
-          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.tag }}
-        run: docker push plugins.buf.build/${{ secrets.BUF_USERNAME }}/ts-proto:${RELEASE_VERSION}-0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 93db7e9ad..183b7f557 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [12.x, 14.x]
+        node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_TOKEN }}
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
-          node-version: 12.x
+          node-version: 16.x
       - name: Install
         run: yarn install
       - name: Build
@@ -66,3 +66,29 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+  push_to_buf_registry:
+    name: Push Docker image to Buf Registry
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [release]
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out the repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Log in to Buf Plugin Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        with:
+          registry: plugins.buf.build
+          username: ${{ secrets.BUF_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.BUF_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Build Plugin image
+        run: docker build
+          --file ts-proto.Dockerfile
+          --tag plugins.buf.build/${{ secrets.BUF_USERNAME }}/ts-proto:${RELEASE_VERSION}-0
+          "."
+
+      - name: Push to Buf Registry
+        env:
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.tag }}
+        run: docker push plugins.buf.build/${{ secrets.BUF_USERNAME }}/ts-proto:${RELEASE_VERSION}-0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48444a77b..17fb4a1be 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "@nestjs/microservices": "^8.2.2",
     "@semantic-release/changelog": "^5.0.1",
     "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "^8.0.1",
+    "@semantic-release/exec": "^6.0.3",
     "@semantic-release/git": "^9.0.0",
     "@semantic-release/github": "^7.2.0",
     "@semantic-release/npm": "^7.1.0",
diff --git a/release.config.js b/release.config.js
index fef96f307..e4448d7d2 100644
--- a/release.config.js
+++ b/release.config.js
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ module.exports = {
     '@semantic-release/npm',
     '@semantic-release/github',
     '@semantic-release/git',
+    ['@semantic-release/exec', { publishCmd: 'echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${nextRelease.version}" >> $GITHUB_ENV' }],
   ],
 };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 72343c736..505f1ebcd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -894,6 +894,23 @@
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@semantic-release/error/-/error-2.2.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-9Tj/qn+y2j+sjCI3Jd+qseGtHjOAeg7dU2/lVcqIQ9TV3QDaDXDYXcoOHU+7o2Hwh8L8ymL4gfuO7KxDs3q2zg==
 
+"@semantic-release/error@^3.0.0":
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@semantic-release/error/-/error-3.0.0.tgz#30a3b97bbb5844d695eb22f9d3aa40f6a92770c2"
+  integrity sha512-5hiM4Un+tpl4cKw3lV4UgzJj+SmfNIDCLLw0TepzQxz9ZGV5ixnqkzIVF+3tp0ZHgcMKE+VNGHJjEeyFG2dcSw==
+
+"@semantic-release/exec@^6.0.3":
+  version "6.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@semantic-release/exec/-/exec-6.0.3.tgz#d212fdf19633bdfb553de6cb6c7f8781933224db"
+  integrity sha512-bxAq8vLOw76aV89vxxICecEa8jfaWwYITw6X74zzlO0mc/Bgieqx9kBRz9z96pHectiTAtsCwsQcUyLYWnp3VQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@semantic-release/error" "^3.0.0"
+    aggregate-error "^3.0.0"
+    debug "^4.0.0"
+    execa "^5.0.0"
+    lodash "^4.17.4"
+    parse-json "^5.0.0"
+
 "@semantic-release/git@^9.0.0":
   version "9.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@semantic-release/git/-/git-9.0.0.tgz"