diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1d2e8ef3be53..dbd03894a7fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -47,17 +47,17 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Calculate environment variables
         run: |
-          echo "TAG_NAME=$(npm run calculate-tag-name --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "RELEASE_CHANNEL=$(npm run release-channel --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "TAILWINDCSS_VERSION=$(node -e 'console.log(require(`./package.json`).version);')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Publish
-        run: npm publish --tag ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
+        run: npm publish --tag ${{ env.RELEASE_CHANNEL }}
         env:
           CI: true
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Trigger Tailwind Play update
-        if: env.TAG_NAME == 'latest'
+        if: env.RELEASE_CHANNEL == 'latest'
         uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.TAILWIND_PLAY_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8be67fdad9f8..9486e39d7013 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "generate:plugin-list": "node -r @swc/register scripts/create-plugin-list.js",
     "generate:types": "node -r @swc/register scripts/generate-types.js",
     "generate": "npm run generate:plugin-list && npm run generate:types",
-    "calculate-tag-name": "node scripts/calculate-tag-name.js",
+    "release-channel": "node ./scripts/release-channel.js",
     "release-notes": "node ./scripts/release-notes.js"
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/scripts/calculate-tag-name.js b/scripts/calculate-tag-name.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d9cd7939e19..000000000000
--- a/scripts/calculate-tag-name.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-let version = process.env.npm_package_version || require('../package.json').version
-
-let match = /\d+\.\d+\.\d+-(.*)\.\d+/g.exec(version)
-if (match) {
-  console.log(match[1])
-} else {
-  console.log('latest')
-}
diff --git a/scripts/release-channel.js b/scripts/release-channel.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c827f3fda8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release-channel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Given a version, figure out what the release channel is so that we can publish to the correct
+// channel on npm.
+//
+// E.g.:
+//
+//   1.2.3                  -> latest (default)
+//   0.0.0-insiders.ffaa88  -> insiders
+//   4.1.0-alpha.4          -> alpha
+
+let version =
+  process.argv[2] || process.env.npm_package_version || require('../package.json').version
+
+let match = /\d+\.\d+\.\d+-(.*)\.\d+/g.exec(version)
+if (match) {
+  console.log(match[1])
+} else {
+  console.log('latest')
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release-notes.js b/scripts/release-notes.js
index 97feef884f5d..23d869bcb5b9 100644
--- a/scripts/release-notes.js
+++ b/scripts/release-notes.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+// Given a version, figure out what the release notes are so that we can use this to pre-fill the
+// relase notes on a GitHub release for the current version.
+
 let path = require('path')
 let fs = require('fs')
 
-let version = process.argv[2] || require('../package.json').version
+let version =
+  process.argv[2] || process.env.npm_package_version || require('../package.json').version
+
 let changelog = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'CHANGELOG.md'), 'utf8')
 let match = new RegExp(
   `## \\[${version}\\] - (.*)\\n\\n([\\s\\S]*?)\\n(?:(?:##\\s)|(?:\\[))`,