diff --git a/.changeset/tender-pants-dress.md b/.changeset/tender-pants-dress.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5155e9df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tender-pants-dress.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@calycode/browser-consumer": patch
+"@repo/utils": patch
+"@calycode/cli": patch
+---
+
+chore: dep cleanup + release workflow adjustments
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 157a2b07..4b61146e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ jobs:
               registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
               scope: "@calycode"
               always-auth: true
-           env:
-              NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 
          - name: Install dependencies
            run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
            with:
               commit: "changeset-release"
               title: "Release Version [@coderabbitai ignore]"
-              publish: pnpm -r publish
+              publish: pnpm -r exec npm publish
            env:
               GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CHANGESETS_GH_TOKEN }}
-              NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+              NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
diff --git a/packages/browser-consumer/package.json b/packages/browser-consumer/package.json
index dd411d5f..041c2550 100644
--- a/packages/browser-consumer/package.json
+++ b/packages/browser-consumer/package.json
@@ -39,12 +39,11 @@
     },
     "homepage": "https://github.com/calycode/xano-tools/tree/main/packages/browser-consumer#readme",
     "dependencies": {
-        "@calycode/core": "workspace:*",
-        "@repo/types": "workspace:*",
         "idb": "^8.0.0",
         "js-untar": "^2.0.0"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
+        "@repo/types": "workspace:*",
         "@repo/utils": "workspace:*",
         "jest": "^29.7.0",
         "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.7.0"
@@ -60,4 +59,4 @@
         "postbuild": "tsx ../../scripts/clean-types.ts . index.bundled.d.ts",
         "build": "pnpm clean && pnpm build:js && pnpm build:types && pnpm bundle:types && pnpm postbuild"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 1de78c66..52204b45 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
         "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.4",
         "commander": "^14.0.0",
         "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
+        "posthog-node": "^5.9.2",
         "postject": "1.0.0-alpha.6",
         "shx": "^0.4.0",
         "tar": "^7.4.3"
@@ -80,10 +81,5 @@
             "dist/actions/**/*"
         ],
         "outputPath": "dist/bin"
-    },
-    "dependencies": {
-        "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
-        "opencode-ai": "^1.1.35",
-        "posthog-node": "^5.9.2"
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
index 74eb7d38..97ed647a 100644
--- a/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/calycode/xano-tools/issues"
     },
     "homepage": "https://github.com/calycode/xano-tools/tree/main/packages/utils#readme",
-    "dependencies": {
+    "devDependencies": {
         "@repo/types": "workspace:*"
     },
     "scripts": {
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@
         "postbuild": "tsx ../../scripts/clean-types.ts . index.bundled.d.ts",
         "build": "pnpm clean && pnpm build:js && pnpm build:types && pnpm bundle:types && pnpm postbuild"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}