diff --git a/release.config.cjs b/release.config.cjs
index 737c543f..b21ac394 100644
--- a/release.config.cjs
+++ b/release.config.cjs
@@ -1,14 +1,40 @@
 const path = require("path");
 const { spawnSync } = require("child_process");
 
-const pkgs = spawnSync("yarn", ["workspaces", "list", "--json"], {
-  shell: true,
-  encoding: "utf-8",
-})
+// ordered by dependency first, name second
+const pkgs = [
+  { name: "@postdfm/ast", pkgRoot: "packages/@postdfm/ast" },
+  { name: "@postdfm/ast2dfm", pkgRoot: "packages/@postdfm/ast2dfm" },
+  { name: "@postdfm/dfm2ast", pkgRoot: "packages/@postdfm/dfm2ast" },
+  { name: "@postdfm/plugin", pkgRoot: "packages/@postdfm/plugin" },
+  { name: "@postdfm/transform", pkgRoot: "packages/@postdfm/transform" },
+  { name: "postdfm", pkgRoot: "packages/postdfm" },
+];
+
+const workspaces = spawnSync(
+  "yarn",
+  ["workspaces", "list", "--json", "--no-private"],
+  { shell: true, encoding: "utf-8" },
+)
   .stdout.split(/[\r\n]+/)
   .filter(Boolean)
   .map(JSON.parse)
-  .filter(({ location }) => location !== ".");
+  .map(({ name, location }) => ({ name, pkgRoot: location }));
+
+function isPkgEqual(a) {
+  return (b) => a.name === b.name && a.pkgRoot === b.pkgRoot;
+}
+
+if (
+  !(
+    workspaces.every((workspace) => pkgs.some(isPkgEqual(workspace))) &&
+    pkgs.every((pkg) => workspaces.some(isPkgEqual(pkg)))
+  )
+) {
+  throw new Error(
+    "Mismatch between public workspaces and packages in release configuration!",
+  );
+}
 
 const tarballDir = path.resolve(__dirname, "dist");
 
@@ -18,13 +44,9 @@ module.exports = {
   plugins: [
     "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
     "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
-    ["./release/dependency.cjs", { pkgs }],
-    ...pkgs.map(({ location: pkgRoot }) => [
-      "@semantic-release/npm",
-      {
-        pkgRoot,
-        tarballDir,
-      },
+    ...pkgs.flatMap((pkg) => [
+      ["./release/dependency.cjs", { pkg, pkgs }],
+      ["@semantic-release/npm", { pkgRoot: pkg.pkgRoot, tarballDir }],
     ]),
     "./release/yarnlock.cjs",
     [
diff --git a/release/dependency.cjs b/release/dependency.cjs
index 5a69deb4..3fc2f4f0 100644
--- a/release/dependency.cjs
+++ b/release/dependency.cjs
@@ -1,40 +1,35 @@
 const path = require("path");
 const fs = require("fs");
 
-async function prepare(pluginConfig, { nextRelease: { version }, logger }) {
-  for (const pkg of pluginConfig.pkgs) {
-    const pkgJsonPath = path.join(pkg.location, "package.json");
-
-    const pkgJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkgJsonPath));
-
-    let found = false;
-
-    if (pkgJson.dependencies) {
-      pkgJson.dependencies = Object.entries(pkgJson.dependencies).reduce(
-        (dependencies, [depName, depVersion]) => {
-          if (pluginConfig.pkgs.some(({ name }) => name === depName)) {
-            found = true;
-            logger.log(`${pkg.name}: Updating ${depName} to ^${version}`);
-            dependencies[depName] = `^${version}`;
-          } else {
-            dependencies[depName] = depVersion;
-          }
-
-          return dependencies;
-        },
-        {},
-      );
-    }
-
-    if (!found) {
-      logger.log(`${pkg.name}: No dependencies to update`);
-    }
-
-    await fs.writeFileSync(
-      pkgJsonPath,
-      JSON.stringify(pkgJson, null, 2) + "\n",
+async function prepare({ pkg, pkgs }, { nextRelease: { version }, logger }) {
+  const pkgJsonPath = path.join(pkg.pkgRoot, "package.json");
+
+  const pkgJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkgJsonPath));
+
+  let found = false;
+
+  if (pkgJson.dependencies) {
+    pkgJson.dependencies = Object.entries(pkgJson.dependencies).reduce(
+      (dependencies, [depName, depVersion]) => {
+        if (pkgs.some(({ name }) => name === depName)) {
+          found = true;
+          logger.log(`${pkg.name}: Updating ${depName} to ^${version}`);
+          dependencies[depName] = `^${version}`;
+        } else {
+          dependencies[depName] = depVersion;
+        }
+
+        return dependencies;
+      },
+      {},
     );
   }
+
+  if (!found) {
+    logger.log(`${pkg.name}: No dependencies to update`);
+  }
+
+  await fs.writeFileSync(pkgJsonPath, JSON.stringify(pkgJson, null, 2) + "\n");
 }
 
 module.exports = { prepare };