diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index b7225300c..20fa4d2c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -89,11 +89,55 @@ jobs:
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+  publish-npm:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write # mint an OIDC token for npm trusted publishing (no NPM_TOKEN needed)
+    needs:
+      - build
+      - configure
+    if: ${{ needs.configure.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup PNPM
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          cache: pnpm
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+      - name: Build Publishable Packages
+        run: |
+          # Build each publishable package and its dependency closure (turbo skips
+          # packages that have no build script, e.g. those that publish source directly).
+          filters=()
+          while IFS=$'\t' read -r name version pkgPath; do
+            filters+=("--filter=${name}...")
+          done < <(scripts/list-publishable.sh)
+          pnpm exec turbo run build "${filters[@]}"
+      - name: Publish Packages
+        run: |
+          # Publish each marked package whose version is not already on npm. The version
+          # check keeps this idempotent across workflow re-runs.
+          while IFS=$'\t' read -r name version pkgPath; do
+            if [ -n "$(npm view "${name}@${version}" version 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+              echo "Skipping ${name}@${version} (already published)"
+              continue
+            fi
+            echo "Publishing ${name}@${version}"
+            pnpm --filter "${name}" publish --no-git-checks
+          done < <(scripts/list-publishable.sh)
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - build
       - configure
+      - publish-npm
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6b4173e30..eb827f86b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "name": "opendatacapture",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "1.16.3",
+  "version": "1.16.4",
   "private": true,
-  "packageManager": "pnpm@10.7.0",
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@10.34.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=v22.11.0"
diff --git a/packages/instrument-bundler/package.json b/packages/instrument-bundler/package.json
index d9a3cc128..03dd54970 100644
--- a/packages/instrument-bundler/package.json
+++ b/packages/instrument-bundler/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "@opendatacapture/instrument-bundler",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "version": "1.16.4",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
   "exports": {
     ".": "./src/index.ts"
   },
diff --git a/packages/instrument-guidelines/package.json b/packages/instrument-guidelines/package.json
index 8c0b5aad2..d85dae767 100644
--- a/packages/instrument-guidelines/package.json
+++ b/packages/instrument-guidelines/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@opendatacapture/instrument-guidelines",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "1.16.4",
   "description": "Guidelines for authoring Open Data Capture instruments, intended to be read by an AI agent (e.g. Claude Code).",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
   "keywords": [
     "opendatacapture",
     "instrument",
diff --git a/packages/serve-instrument/package.json b/packages/serve-instrument/package.json
index 44e6ac685..e23f333f4 100644
--- a/packages/serve-instrument/package.json
+++ b/packages/serve-instrument/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "@opendatacapture/serve-instrument",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "0.0.9",
+  "version": "1.16.4",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
   "bin": {
     "serve-instrument": "./dist/cli.js"
   },
diff --git a/runtime/v1/package.json b/runtime/v1/package.json
index c093bc20e..8c1c5e485 100644
--- a/runtime/v1/package.json
+++ b/runtime/v1/package.json
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "@opendatacapture/runtime-v1",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "1.8.10",
+  "version": "1.16.4",
   "author": {
     "name": "Douglas Neuroinformatics",
     "email": "support@douglasneuroinformatics.ca"
   },
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture/#readme",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/scripts/increment-version.sh b/scripts/increment-version.sh
index 07dc0a0d7..65c51cb07 100755
--- a/scripts/increment-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/increment-version.sh
@@ -7,14 +7,13 @@ IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 projectRoot="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && cd .. && pwd)"
 
-# package.json files (relative to projectRoot) kept in sync with the root version
-packages=(
-  "package.json"
-  "runtime/v1/package.json"
-  "packages/instrument-bundler/package.json"
-  "packages/serve-instrument/package.json"
-  "packages/instrument-guidelines/package.json"
-)
+# package.json files kept in sync with the root version: the (private) root package,
+# plus every publishable package discovered via its `publishConfig` marker. See
+# scripts/list-publishable.sh — adding a new publishable package needs no edit here.
+packages=("$projectRoot/package.json")
+while IFS=$'\t' read -r _name _version pkgPath; do
+  packages+=("$pkgPath")
+done < <("$projectRoot/scripts/list-publishable.sh")
 
 currentVersion=$(node -e 'process.stdout.write(require(process.argv[1]).version)' "$projectRoot/package.json")
 IFS='.' read -r major minor patch <<< "$currentVersion"
@@ -38,8 +37,7 @@ case "$confirm" in
   *) echo "Aborted."; exit 0 ;;
 esac
 
-for pkg in "${packages[@]}"; do
-  file="$projectRoot/$pkg"
+for file in "${packages[@]}"; do
   node -e '
     const fs = require("fs");
     const [file, version] = process.argv.slice(1);
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ for pkg in "${packages[@]}"; do
     }
     fs.writeFileSync(file, updated);
   ' "$file" "$newVersion"
-  echo "Updated $pkg -> $newVersion"
+  echo "Updated ${file#"$projectRoot"/} -> $newVersion"
 done
 
 echo "Done! All packages set to $newVersion"
diff --git a/scripts/list-publishable.sh b/scripts/list-publishable.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a6fd82489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/list-publishable.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Lists the workspace packages that should be published to npm on release.
+#
+# A package is "publishable" when it is not private and declares a `publishConfig`
+# field in its package.json. This is the single source of truth consumed by both
+# scripts/increment-version.sh (to keep versions in sync) and the release workflow
+# (to decide what to publish). Adding a future package only requires the
+# `publishConfig` field — no list needs editing here.
+#
+# Output (one package per line, tab-separated): <name>\t<version>\t<package.json path>
+
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+[ "${BASH_VERSINFO:-0}" -ge 5 ] || (echo "Error: Bash >= 5.0 is required for this script" >&2 && exit 1)
+
+projectRoot="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && cd .. && pwd)"
+
+# Enumerate every workspace package (depth -1 = workspace packages only, no deps),
+# then keep the non-private ones that declare a publishConfig.
+pnpm -C "$projectRoot" ls -r --depth -1 --json \
+  | jq -r '.[].path' \
+  | while read -r dir; do
+      pkg="$dir/package.json"
+      [ -f "$pkg" ] || continue
+      jq -r --arg path "$pkg" \
+        'select(.private != true and .publishConfig != null) | [.name, .version, $path] | @tsv' "$pkg"
+    done \
+  | sort