diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 1fa8d80..d089e93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 name: Release
 
-# A successful CI run on the current main commit is the only release path.
-# VERSION sets the next deliberate baseline; later releases increment patch.
 on:
   workflow_run:
     workflows: [CI]
@@ -10,6 +8,9 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
+  id-token: write
+  attestations: write
+  artifact-metadata: write
 
 concurrency:
   group: release
@@ -17,68 +18,16 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
-
-      - name: Compute release version
-        id: version
-        run: |
-          git fetch origin main --tags
-          if [ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" != "$(git rev-parse origin/main)" ]; then
-            echo "A newer main commit superseded this CI run; nothing to release."
-            echo "skip=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          if git describe --tags --exact-match --match 'v*.*.*' HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            echo "HEAD is already tagged; nothing to release."
-            echo "skip=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          BASE_VERSION=$(tr -d '[:space:]' < VERSION)
-          if ! echo "$BASE_VERSION" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'; then
-            echo "VERSION must contain a semantic version without a leading v." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          BASE_TAG="v$BASE_VERSION"
-          LATEST=$(git tag --list 'v*.*.*' | sort -V | tail -n 1)
-          if [ -z "$LATEST" ]; then
-            TAG="$BASE_TAG"
-          elif [ "$LATEST" != "$BASE_TAG" ] && [ "$(printf '%s\n%s\n' "$LATEST" "$BASE_TAG" | sort -V | tail -n 1)" = "$BASE_TAG" ]; then
-            TAG="$BASE_TAG"
-          else
-            TAG=$(echo "$LATEST" | awk -F '[v.]' '{printf "v%d.%d.%d", $2, $3, $4 + 1}')
-          fi
-          echo "tag=$TAG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Create and push tag
-        if: ${{ steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          git config user.name  "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git tag "${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}"
-          git push origin "${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}"
-
-      - name: Set up Go
-        if: ${{ steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v7
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.26.x
-          check-latest: true
-
-      - name: Run goreleaser
-        if: ${{ steps.version.outputs.skip != 'true' }}
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v7
-        with:
-          distribution: goreleaser
-          version: "~> v2"
-          args: release --clean
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    if: >-
+      ${{
+        github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' &&
+        github.event.workflow_run.event == 'push' &&
+        github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name == github.repository
+      }}
+    uses: open-ships/ci/.github/workflows/release-go.yaml@v1.1.0
+    with:
+      commit-sha: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
+      project-name: n2k-cli
+      distribution: goreleaser
+      go-version: 1.26.5
+      release-title-with-date: true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96427fa..3dc7625 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -205,7 +205,10 @@ just secure
 
 Releases follow semantic versioning. [`VERSION`](VERSION) declares the release
 baseline, and fully green release automation publishes the tag and prebuilt
-binaries.
+binaries. GoReleaser builds remain project-owned, while the exact-version-tagged
+shared Open Ships release policy publishes checksums, an SBOM, toolchain
+evidence, and separate build-provenance and SBOM attestations for the platform
+archives.
 
 ## License