diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/release-workflow-v1.yml
similarity index 93%
rename from .github/workflows/release-workflow.yml
rename to .github/workflows/release-workflow-v1.yml
index 40a944fa60..f84547f3ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-workflow-v1.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: New p5.js release
+name: New p5.js v1 release
 # Requires secrets `NPM_TOKEN` and `ACCESS_TOKEN` to be set
 
 permissions:
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/setup-node@3235b876344d2a9aa001b8d1453c930bba69e610 # v3
         with:
-          node-version: 22
-      - name: Get semver info
+          node-version: 22 # Keep at 22 purposefully for v1
+      - name: Check prerelease
         id: semver
-        uses: akshens/semver-tag@8e427cd48c699c97d021df4946f3a0e65af5047e # v4
-        with:
-          version: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ github.ref_name }}" == *"-rc"* ]]; then
+            echo "is-prerelease=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "is-prerelease=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
 
       - name: Get version number
         id: version-number
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ad-m/github-push-action@40bf560936a8022e68a3c00e7d2abefaf01305a6 # v0.6.0
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          branch: main
+          branch: v1
           directory: website/
           repository: processing/p5.js-website