diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-non-patch-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-non-patch-release.yml
index 3cbf8f8b1fc9..c495114d461e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-non-patch-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-non-patch-release.yml
@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           yarn release:version --deferred --release-type ${{ inputs.release-type || 'prerelease' }} ${{ inputs.pre-id && format('{0} {1}', '--pre-id', inputs.pre-id) || '' }} --verbose
 
-      - name: Check release vs prerelease
-        id: is-prerelease
-        run: yarn release:is-prerelease ${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.next-version }} --verbose
-
       - name: Write changelog
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -133,19 +129,6 @@ jobs:
           git commit -m "Write changelog for ${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.next-version }} [skip ci]" || true
           git push --force origin version-non-patch-from-${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.current-version }}
 
-      - name: Resolve merge-conflicts with base branch
-        if: steps.is-prerelease.outputs.prerelease == 'false'
-        working-directory: .
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          git config pull.rebase false
-          git pull --no-commit --no-ff origin latest-release || true
-          git checkout --ours .
-          git add .
-          git commit --no-verify -m "Merge latest-release into version-non-patch-from-${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.current-version }} with conflicts resolved to ours [skip ci]"
-          git push origin version-non-patch-from-${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.current-version }}
-
       - name: Generate PR description
         id: description
         env:
@@ -162,14 +145,13 @@ jobs:
             gh pr edit \
               --repo "${{github.repository }}" \
               --title "Release: $CAPITALIZED_RELEASE_TYPE ${{ inputs.pre-id && format('{0} ', inputs.pre-id) }}${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.next-version }}" \
-              --base ${{ steps.is-prerelease.outputs.prerelease == 'true' && 'next-release' || 'latest-release' }} \
               --body "${{ steps.description.outputs.description }}"
           else
             gh pr create \
               --repo "${{github.repository }}"\
               --title "Release: $CAPITALIZED_RELEASE_TYPE ${{ inputs.pre-id && format('{0} ', inputs.pre-id) }}${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.next-version }}" \
               --label "release" \
-              --base ${{ steps.is-prerelease.outputs.prerelease == 'true' && 'next-release' || 'latest-release' }} \
+              --base next-release \
               --head version-non-patch-from-${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.current-version }} \
               --body "${{ steps.description.outputs.description }}"
           fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 8aa7928748bc..61566b49d5bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ jobs:
           git merge ${{ github.ref_name }}
           git push origin ${{ steps.target.outputs.target }}
 
+      - name: Force push from 'next' to 'latest-release' and 'main' on minor/major releases
+        if: github.ref_name == 'next-release' && steps.is-prerelease.outputs.prerelease == 'false'
+        run: |
+          git checkout next
+          git pull
+          git push --force origin latest-release
+          git push --force origin main
+
       - name: Sync CHANGELOG.md from `main` to `next`
         if: steps.target.outputs.target == 'main'
         working-directory: .