diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7b77087d8..5f4f4a7e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
     "dev": "tsx .esbuild/server.ts",
     "dev:vite": "tsx .vite/server.ts",
     "dev:coverage": "pnpm coverage:cypress:clean && VITE_COVERAGE=true pnpm dev:vite",
+    "copy-readme": "cpy './README.*' ./packages/mermaid/ --cwd=.",
     "changeset:version": "changeset version && pnpm build && pnpm --filter mermaid run docs:release-version && pnpm --filter mermaid run docs:build && git add --all",
-    "changeset:publish": "changeset publish",
+    "changeset:publish": "pnpm copy-readme && changeset publish",
     "lint": "eslint --quiet --stats --cache --cache-strategy content . && pnpm lint:jison && prettier --cache --check .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint --cache --cache-strategy content --fix . && prettier --write . && tsx scripts/fixCSpell.ts",
     "lint:jison": "tsx ./scripts/jison/lint.mts",
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@
     "chokidar": "^3.6.0",
     "concurrently": "^8.2.2",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
+    "cpy-cli": "^5.0.0",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "cspell": "^8.6.0",
     "cypress": "^13.11.0",
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/package.json b/packages/mermaid/package.json
index 77e291e97..97e19c272 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/package.json
+++ b/packages/mermaid/package.json
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@
     "docs:verify-version": "tsx scripts/update-release-version.mts --verify",
     "types:build-config": "tsx scripts/create-types-from-json-schema.mts",
     "types:verify-config": "tsx scripts/create-types-from-json-schema.mts --verify",
-    "checkCircle": "npx madge --circular ./src",
-    "release": "pnpm build",
-    "prepublishOnly": "cpy '../../README.*' ./ --cwd=. && pnpm docs:release-version && pnpm -w run build"
+    "checkCircle": "npx madge --circular ./src"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -106,7 +104,6 @@
     "ajv": "^8.12.0",
     "chokidar": "^3.6.0",
     "concurrently": "^8.2.2",
-    "cpy-cli": "^5.0.0",
     "csstree-validator": "^3.0.0",
     "globby": "^14.0.1",
     "jison": "^0.4.18",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 60d1c2898..175f16bc1 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ importers:
       cors:
         specifier: ^2.8.5
         version: 2.8.5
+      cpy-cli:
+        specifier: ^5.0.0
+        version: 5.0.0
       cross-env:
         specifier: ^7.0.3
         version: 7.0.3
@@ -312,9 +315,6 @@ importers:
       concurrently:
         specifier: ^8.2.2
         version: 8.2.2
-      cpy-cli:
-        specifier: ^5.0.0
-        version: 5.0.0
       csstree-validator:
         specifier: ^3.0.0
         version: 3.0.0