diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c3197b0cb..ff22954b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,18 +18,13 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       actions: read
       contents: write
-      id-token: write # Required for Azure CLI Login
+      id-token: write # Required for Azure / NuGet CLI Login
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
 
     - name: ⚙️ Initialization
       shell: pwsh
       run: |
-        if ('${{ secrets.NUGET_API_KEY }}') {
-          Write-Host "NUGET_API_KEY secret detected. NuGet packages will be pushed."
-          echo "NUGET_API_KEY_DEFINED=true" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
-        }
-
         if ('${{ secrets.NPM_API_KEY }}') {
           Write-Host "NPM_API_KEY secret detected. NPM packages will be pushed."
           echo "NPM_API_KEY_DEFINED=true" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
@@ -115,9 +110,14 @@ jobs:
           gh release -R ${{ github.repository }} upload "${{ github.ref_name }}" $_.FullName
         }
 
+    - name: 🪪 Authorize NuGet package push
+      uses: NuGet/login@v1
+      id: nuget-login
+      with:
+        user: ${{ secrets.NUGET_USER }}
+
     - name: 🚀 Push NuGet packages
-      run: dotnet nuget push ${{ runner.temp }}\deployables\*.nupkg --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json -k '${{ secrets.NUGET_API_KEY }}'
-      if: ${{ env.NUGET_API_KEY_DEFINED == 'true' }}
+      run: dotnet nuget push ${{ runner.temp }}\deployables\*.nupkg --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json -k '${{ steps.nuget-login.outputs.NUGET_API_KEY }}'
 
     - name: 🚀 Push NPM packages
       shell: pwsh