diff --git a/.github/workflows/_publish_to_pypi.yaml b/.github/workflows/_publish_to_pypi.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ecb80034b..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/_publish_to_pypi.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish to PyPI
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      package_name:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      version_number:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      is_prerelease:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-
-env:
-  PYTHON_VERSION: 3.12
-
-jobs:
-  publish_to_pypi:
-    name: Publish to PyPI
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      id-token: write # Required for OIDC authentication.
-    environment:
-      name: pypi
-      url: https://pypi.org/project/${{ inputs.package_name }}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          pipx install --python ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }} poetry
-          make install-dev
-
-      # Updates the version number in the project's configuration.
-      - name: Set version in pyproject.toml
-        run: |
-          if [ -n "${{ inputs.is_prerelease }}" ]; then
-            next_beta=$(
-              curl "https://pypi.org/pypi/${{ inputs.package_name }}/json" | jq --raw-output '
-                [
-                  .releases |
-                    keys |
-                    .[] |
-                    select(startswith("${{ inputs.version_number }}b")) |
-                    split("b") |
-                    .[1] |
-                    tonumber
-                ] |
-                sort_by(- .) |
-                .[0] + 1
-              '
-            )
-            poetry version "${{ inputs.version_number }}b$next_beta"
-          else
-            # ...and a regular release otherwise
-            poetry version '${{ inputs.version_number }}'
-          fi
-
-      # Builds the package.
-      - name: Build package
-        run: make build
-
-      # Publishes the package to PyPI using PyPA official GitHub action with OIDC authentication.
-      - name: Publish package to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre_release.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre_release.yaml
index 705d6abef..53920bdcc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre_release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre_release.yaml
@@ -80,10 +80,11 @@ jobs:
   publish_to_pypi:
     name: Publish to PyPI
     needs: [release_metadata, update_changelog]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/_publish_to_pypi.yaml
+    uses: apify/workflows/.github/workflows/python_publish_to_pypi.yaml@release-metadata-action # TODO change branch to main
     with:
       package_name: crawlee
       version_number: ${{ needs.release_metadata.outputs.version_number }}
+      ref: ${{ needs.update_changelog.changelog_commitish }}
       is_prerelease: "yes"
 
   # TODO: add job for publish package to Conda
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index f6128025a..36b6dbe95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -111,10 +111,11 @@ jobs:
   publish_to_pypi:
     name: Publish to PyPI
     needs: [release_metadata, update_changelog]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/_publish_to_pypi.yaml
+    uses: apify/workflows/.github/workflows/python_publish_to_pypi.yaml@release-metadata-action # TODO change branch to main
     with:
       package_name: crawlee
       version_number: ${{ needs.release_metadata.outputs.version_number }}
+      ref: ${{ needs.update_changelog.changelog_commitish }}
       is_prerelease: ''
 
   # TODO: add job for publish package to Conda