diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index cec4c58d..26dc54ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ jobs:
         run: tests/composition/run.sh
 
   publish:
+    name: publish [org-publication-writer]
     # `needs.pack.outputs.*` below is available only when `pack` is a direct dependency. The gate also
     # depends on pack, but GitHub does not expose transitive `needs` contexts to this job.
     needs: [route, pack, gate]
@@ -563,6 +564,11 @@ jobs:
       packages: write   # push the package to the org feed
       id-token: write   # ADR-0013: mint the GitHub OIDC token for nuget.org Trusted Publishing
     steps:
+      - name: Acquire org publication writer lock
+        uses: FS-GG/.github/.github/actions/publication-writer-lock@c799a9f9b21d52eb9766cf0950722e3e55145d39 # ADR-0097
+        with:
+          max-wait-minutes: 30
+        timeout-minutes: 32
       - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v6
         with:
           dotnet-version: '10.0.401'