diff --git a/.github/actions/open-cli-bump-pr/action.yml b/.github/actions/open-cli-bump-pr/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..335f4aed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/open-cli-bump-pr/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name: Open a Cloudsmith CLI bump pull request
+description: >-
+  Run a bump command in a clone of the calling repository and open or update a
+  pull request from Cloudsmith Bot that moves it to a Cloudsmith CLI release.
+  The command runs in the root of the clone, with VERSION in the environment.
+
+inputs:
+  version:
+    description: The Cloudsmith CLI version to move to, for example 1.29.1.
+    required: true
+  bump-command:
+    description: The shell command that changes the files of the repository.
+    required: true
+  merge:
+    description: Set to true to squash-merge the pull request when its checks pass.
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
+  token:
+    description: >-
+      A Cloudsmith Bot token that can push branches and open pull requests. A
+      pull request from GITHUB_TOKEN does not start the checks of the repository.
+    required: true
+  ssh-signing-key:
+    description: The private SSH key that signs the commits of Cloudsmith Bot.
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Set up commit signing as Cloudsmith Bot
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        CLOUDSMITH_BOT_SSH_KEY: ${{ inputs.ssh-signing-key }}
+      run: |
+        set -euo pipefail
+        SIGNING_KEY="${RUNNER_TEMP}/cloudsmith-bot-signing-key"
+        printf '%s\n' "${CLOUDSMITH_BOT_SSH_KEY}" > "${SIGNING_KEY}"
+        chmod 600 "${SIGNING_KEY}"
+        ssh-keygen -y -f "${SIGNING_KEY}" > "${SIGNING_KEY}.pub"
+        git config --global user.name "Cloudsmith Bot"
+        git config --global user.email "vftbot@cloudsmith.io"
+        git config --global gpg.format ssh
+        git config --global user.signingkey "${SIGNING_KEY}.pub"
+        git config --global commit.gpgsign true
+
+    - name: Open the bump pull request
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
+        VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        BUMP_COMMAND: ${{ inputs.bump-command }}
+        MERGE: ${{ inputs.merge }}
+      run: |
+        set -euo pipefail
+        gh auth setup-git
+        OPTIONS=()
+        if [ "${MERGE}" = "true" ]; then
+          OPTIONS+=(--merge)
+        fi
+        "${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/open-cli-bump-pr.sh" "${OPTIONS[@]}" "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" "${VERSION}" "${BUMP_COMMAND}"
diff --git a/.github/actions/open-cli-bump-pr/open-cli-bump-pr.sh b/.github/actions/open-cli-bump-pr/open-cli-bump-pr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..844383dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/open-cli-bump-pr/open-cli-bump-pr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Opens or updates a pull request that moves a downstream repository to a
+# Cloudsmith CLI release.
+# The script clones REPOSITORY and runs COMMAND in the clone, with VERSION in
+# the environment. It commits the changes to the release/cloudsmith-cli branch
+# and opens a pull request against the default branch. A newer release
+# replaces a bump that is not merged yet, but an older release never replaces
+# a newer one.
+# Usage: open-cli-bump-pr.sh [--merge] REPOSITORY VERSION COMMAND
+#   --merge    Wait for the checks to pass, then squash-merge as an admin.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+usage() {
+  echo "usage: $0 [--merge] OWNER/NAME MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH COMMAND" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+merge=false
+while [[ "${1:-}" == --* ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --merge) merge=true ;;
+    *) usage ;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+[[ $# -eq 3 ]] || usage
+repository="$1"
+version="$2"
+update_command="$3"
+[[ "$version" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]] || usage
+
+branch="release/cloudsmith-cli"
+title="Bump cloudsmith-cli to v$version"
+body="Automated update to Cloudsmith CLI v$version."
+if [[ "$merge" == true ]]; then
+  body="$body The workflow merges it when the checks pass."
+fi
+clone="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$clone"' EXIT
+
+pending_bump_is_newer() {
+  local pending_version newest_version
+  git -C "$clone" fetch --quiet --depth 1 origin "$branch"
+  pending_version="$(git -C "$clone" log -1 --format=%s FETCH_HEAD | sed -n 's/^Bump cloudsmith-cli to v//p')"
+  newest_version="$(printf '%s\n' "$pending_version" "$version" | sort -V | tail -n 1)"
+  [[ "$pending_version" != "$version" && "$pending_version" == "$newest_version" ]]
+}
+
+commit_update() {
+  git -C "$clone" checkout --quiet -b "$branch"
+  git -C "$clone" add --all
+  git -C "$clone" commit --quiet -m "$title"
+}
+
+merge_when_checks_pass() {
+  # gh pr checks fails when no checks are registered yet.
+  sleep 60
+  gh pr checks "$branch" --repo "$repository" --watch --fail-fast
+  gh pr merge "$branch" --repo "$repository" --admin --squash \
+    --match-head-commit "$(git -C "$clone" rev-parse HEAD)"
+}
+
+git clone --quiet --depth 1 "https://github.com/$repository.git" "$clone"
+pr_number="$(gh pr list --repo "$repository" --head "$branch" --state open --json number --jq '.[].number')"
+if [[ -n "$pr_number" ]] && pending_bump_is_newer; then
+  echo "pull request #$pr_number already moves $repository to a newer release; skipping"
+  exit 0
+fi
+(cd "$clone" && VERSION="$version" bash -c "$update_command")
+if [[ -z "$(git -C "$clone" status --porcelain)" ]]; then
+  echo "$repository already uses cloudsmith-cli v$version; skipping"
+  exit 0
+fi
+commit_update
+git -C "$clone" push --quiet --force origin "$branch"
+if [[ -z "$pr_number" ]]; then
+  gh pr create --repo "$repository" --head "$branch" --title "$title" --body "$body"
+else
+  gh pr edit "$pr_number" --repo "$repository" --title "$title" --body "$body"
+fi
+if [[ "$merge" == true ]]; then
+  merge_when_checks_pass
+fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b3ef1e40..6f757529 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -532,142 +532,30 @@ jobs:
             "${TAGS[@]}" \
             --push .
 
-  publish-homebrew:
-    # Renders packaging/homebrew/cloudsmith-cli.rb.tmpl against the archives
-    # that publish-cloudsmith just made live and opens a bump pull request
-    # against the Homebrew tap (<owner>/homebrew-cloudsmith-cli). When the tap
-    # checks pass, the job squash-merges the pull request with --admin.
-    # Without TAP_PUSH_TOKEN the rendered formula is only staged as a
-    # workflow artifact.
-    needs: [validate, publish-cloudsmith]
+  notify-downstream-repos:
+    # Sends a cloudsmith-cli-release event with the version to each repository
+    # in the matrix. The workflow in each repository opens a bump pull request.
+    needs: [validate, publish-github]
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    timeout-minutes: 5
     permissions:
       contents: read
-    env:
-      CLOUDSMITH_NAMESPACE: ${{ vars.CLOUDSMITH_NAMESPACE }}
-      CLOUDSMITH_REPO: ${{ vars.CLOUDSMITH_REPO }}
-      HAS_TAP_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TAP_PUSH_TOKEN != '' }}
-      VERSION: ${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}
-      # Targets shipped via Homebrew (subset of BINARY_TARGETS; Homebrew on
-      # Linux is glibc-based, so the gnu builds).
-      HOMEBREW_TARGETS: "macos-arm64 macos-x86_64 linux-x86_64-gnu linux-aarch64-gnu"
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        repository:
+          - homebrew-cloudsmith-cli
+          - cloudsmith-cli-action
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@9000827ccba6bdab643e8b6fd33ac0654aef8333 # v8.0.2
-        with:
-          pattern: cloudsmith-macos-*
-          merge-multiple: true
-          path: binaries
-
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@9000827ccba6bdab643e8b6fd33ac0654aef8333 # v8.0.2
-        with:
-          pattern: cloudsmith-linux-*-gnu
-          merge-multiple: true
-          path: binaries
-
-      - name: Render the formula from the template
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          FORMULA=rendered/cloudsmith-cli.rb
-          mkdir -p rendered
-          cp packaging/homebrew/cloudsmith-cli.rb.tmpl "${FORMULA}"
-          sed -i \
-            -e "s/__VERSION__/${VERSION}/g" \
-            -e "s/__NAMESPACE__/${CLOUDSMITH_NAMESPACE}/g" \
-            -e "s/__REPO__/${CLOUDSMITH_REPO}/g" \
-            "${FORMULA}"
-          for TARGET in ${HOMEBREW_TARGETS}; do
-            SHA_FILE="binaries/cloudsmith-${VERSION}-${TARGET}.tar.gz.sha256"
-            test -f "${SHA_FILE}"
-            SHA256="$(awk '{print $1}' "${SHA_FILE}")"
-            KEY="SHA256_$(printf '%s' "${TARGET}" | tr 'a-z-' 'A-Z_')"
-            sed -i "s/__${KEY}__/${SHA256}/g" "${FORMULA}"
-          done
-          if grep -n '__' "${FORMULA}"; then
-            echo "FAIL: unrendered placeholders remain"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          ruby -c "${FORMULA}"
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7.0.2
-        with:
-          name: homebrew-formula
-          path: rendered/cloudsmith-cli.rb
-          retention-days: 14
-          if-no-files-found: error
-
-      - name: Verify the published downloads match the formula checksums
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          for TARGET in ${HOMEBREW_TARGETS}; do
-            URL="https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/${CLOUDSMITH_NAMESPACE}/${CLOUDSMITH_REPO}/raw/names/cloudsmith-cli-${TARGET}/versions/${VERSION}/cloudsmith-${VERSION}-${TARGET}.tar.gz"
-            EXPECTED="$(awk '{print $1}' "binaries/cloudsmith-${VERSION}-${TARGET}.tar.gz.sha256")"
-            ACTUAL=""
-            # Retry to absorb post-publish sync delay.
-            for ATTEMPT in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
-              if ACTUAL="$(curl -fsSL "${URL}" | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}')"; then
-                break
-              fi
-              echo "attempt ${ATTEMPT}: ${URL} not ready; retrying"
-              sleep 30
-            done
-            test "${ACTUAL}" = "${EXPECTED}"
-            echo "verified ${URL}"
-          done
-
-      - name: Open and merge a bump pull request against the tap repository
-        if: env.HAS_TAP_TOKEN == 'true'
+      - name: Send the release event
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TAP_PUSH_TOKEN }}
-          CLOUDSMITH_BOT_SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSMITH_BOT_SSH_KEY }}
-          TAP_REPO: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/homebrew-cloudsmith-cli
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOWNSTREAM_RELEASE_PUSH_TOKEN }}
+          REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ matrix.repository }}
+          VERSION: ${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}
         run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          BRANCH="release/cloudsmith-cli-v${VERSION}"
-          gh auth setup-git
-          git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/${TAP_REPO}.git" tap
-          mkdir -p tap/Formula tap/Aliases
-          cp rendered/cloudsmith-cli.rb tap/Formula/cloudsmith-cli.rb
-          ln -sfn ../Formula/cloudsmith-cli.rb tap/Aliases/cloudsmith
-          if [ -z "$(git -C tap status --porcelain)" ]; then
-            echo "tap already up to date; skipping"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          SIGNING_KEY="${RUNNER_TEMP}/cloudsmith-bot-signing-key"
-          printf '%s\n' "${CLOUDSMITH_BOT_SSH_KEY}" > "${SIGNING_KEY}"
-          chmod 600 "${SIGNING_KEY}"
-          ssh-keygen -y -f "${SIGNING_KEY}" > "${SIGNING_KEY}.pub"
-          git -C tap config user.name "Cloudsmith Bot"
-          git -C tap config user.email "vftbot@cloudsmith.io"
-          git -C tap config gpg.format ssh
-          git -C tap config user.signingkey "${SIGNING_KEY}.pub"
-          git -C tap config commit.gpgsign true
-          git -C tap checkout -b "${BRANCH}"
-          git -C tap add Formula/cloudsmith-cli.rb Aliases/cloudsmith
-          git -C tap commit -m "Bump cloudsmith-cli to v${VERSION}"
-          git -C tap push --force origin "${BRANCH}"
-          if [ -z "$(gh pr list --repo "${TAP_REPO}" --head "${BRANCH}" --state open --json number --jq '.[].number')" ]; then
-            gh pr create --repo "${TAP_REPO}" \
-              --head "${BRANCH}" --base main \
-              --title "Bump cloudsmith-cli to v${VERSION}" \
-              --body "Automated formula update for cloudsmith-cli v${VERSION}. The release workflow verified the formula checksums against the published downloads. The workflow merges it when the checks pass."
-          else
-            echo "pull request for ${BRANCH} already open"
-          fi
-          # The tap checks start when the pull request opens. Give them time to
-          # register, because gh pr checks fails when it finds no checks.
-          sleep 60
-          gh pr checks "${BRANCH}" --repo "${TAP_REPO}" --watch --fail-fast
-          gh pr merge "${BRANCH}" --repo "${TAP_REPO}" --admin --squash \
-            --match-head-commit "$(git -C tap rev-parse HEAD)"
-
-      - name: Report a skipped tap update
-        if: env.HAS_TAP_TOKEN != 'true'
-        run: echo "TAP_PUSH_TOKEN not configured; formula staged as a workflow artifact only."
+          gh api "repos/${REPOSITORY}/dispatches" \
+            -f event_type=cloudsmith-cli-release \
+            -f "client_payload[version]=${VERSION}"
 
   publish-github:
     needs:
diff --git a/packaging/homebrew/cloudsmith-cli.rb.tmpl b/packaging/homebrew/cloudsmith-cli.rb.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 66435157..00000000
--- a/packaging/homebrew/cloudsmith-cli.rb.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2026 Cloudsmith Ltd
-#
-# Template for the Homebrew formula published to the Homebrew tap
-# repository. Rendered by the release workflow (publish-homebrew job);
-# do not edit the rendered copy in the tap by hand.
-class CloudsmithCli < Formula
-  desc "Official Cloudsmith Command-Line Interface"
-  homepage "https://docs.cloudsmith.com/developer-tools/cli"
-  version "__VERSION__"
-  license "Apache-2.0"
-
-  if OS.mac? && Hardware::CPU.arm?
-    url "https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/__NAMESPACE__/__REPO__/raw/names/cloudsmith-cli-macos-arm64/versions/__VERSION__/cloudsmith-__VERSION__-macos-arm64.tar.gz"
-    sha256 "__SHA256_MACOS_ARM64__"
-  elsif OS.mac? && Hardware::CPU.intel?
-    url "https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/__NAMESPACE__/__REPO__/raw/names/cloudsmith-cli-macos-x86_64/versions/__VERSION__/cloudsmith-__VERSION__-macos-x86_64.tar.gz"
-    sha256 "__SHA256_MACOS_X86_64__"
-  elsif OS.linux? && Hardware::CPU.arm? && Hardware::CPU.is_64_bit?
-    url "https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/__NAMESPACE__/__REPO__/raw/names/cloudsmith-cli-linux-aarch64-gnu/versions/__VERSION__/cloudsmith-__VERSION__-linux-aarch64-gnu.tar.gz"
-    sha256 "__SHA256_LINUX_AARCH64_GNU__"
-  elsif OS.linux? && Hardware::CPU.intel? && Hardware::CPU.is_64_bit?
-    url "https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/__NAMESPACE__/__REPO__/raw/names/cloudsmith-cli-linux-x86_64-gnu/versions/__VERSION__/cloudsmith-__VERSION__-linux-x86_64-gnu.tar.gz"
-    sha256 "__SHA256_LINUX_X86_64_GNU__"
-  end
-
-  # Placed after the url stanzas: a leading livecheck url is misdetected as the
-  # stable url by audit when every real url is inside a conditional.
-  livecheck do
-    url "https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/__NAMESPACE__/__REPO__/raw/names/cloudsmith-cli-manifest-macos-arm64/versions/latest/manifest.txt"
-    regex(/^version=(\d+(?:\.\d+)+)$/i)
-  end
-
-  # The bundled libraries are private to the PyInstaller bundle and are resolved
-  # via @rpath, so Homebrew must not rewrite their dylib IDs: the absolute Cellar
-  # path does not fit in the Mach-O header padding of prebuilt wheels such as
-  # pydantic_core, which fails the install.
-  preserve_rpath
-
-  def install
-    # PyInstaller onedir bundle: the executable must stay next to _internal/.
-    libexec.install Dir["*"]
-    bin.write_exec_script libexec/"cloudsmith"
-  end
-
-  test do
-    assert_match "CLI Package Version: #{version}", shell_output("#{bin}/cloudsmith --version")
-  end
-end