diff --git a/.release-plz.toml b/.release-plz.toml
index 8c42428472df0..285b3a4e60208 100644
--- a/.release-plz.toml
+++ b/.release-plz.toml
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ name = "libc"
 changelog_path = "CHANGELOG.md"
 git_release_name = "{{ version }}"
 git_tag_name = "{{ version }}"
-publish = false # On the main branch, we don't want to publish anything
+publish = true
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ctest"
 changelog_path = "ctest/CHANGELOG.md"
 git_release_name = "ctest-{{ version }}"
 git_tag_name = "ctest-v{{ version }}"
+publish = true
 
 [changelog]
 body = """
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 74cb58492af4b..2203985460eea 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ keywords = ["libc", "ffi", "bindings", "operating", "system"]
 categories = ["external-ffi-bindings", "no-std", "os"]
 exclude = ["/ci/*", "/.github/*", "/.cirrus.yml", "/triagebot.toml"]
 description = "Raw FFI bindings to platform libraries like libc."
-publish = false # On the main branch, we don't want to publish anything
 authors = ["The Rust Project Developers"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/ci/verify-build.py b/ci/verify-build.py
index 0e0ea0c25b2ca..bdb0326373cf8 100755
--- a/ci/verify-build.py
+++ b/ci/verify-build.py
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ def do_semver_checks(cfg: Cfg, target: Target) -> bool:
                 "semver-checks",
                 "--only-explicit-features",
                 "--features=std,extra_traits",
-                "--release-type=patch",
             ],
             check=True,
         )