diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c880f63..daa0f05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,19 +23,26 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: 18.x
           cache: "pnpm"
-      - name: Get current version
-        id: get-version
-        run: echo "version=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - run: pnpm build
+      - name: Get release version
+        id: get-version
+        run: |
+          # If changesets are pending, get the next bumped version from them.
+          # If no changesets (publish run), the release PR already bumped package.json.
+          if pnpm changeset status --output=.changeset/status.json 2>/dev/null; then
+            NEXT=$(node -e "try { const s = require('./.changeset/status.json'); console.log(s.releases[0].newVersion) } catch(e) { console.log('') }")
+          fi
+          CURRENT=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+          echo "version=${NEXT:-$CURRENT}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Create Release Pull Request or Publish
         id: changesets
         uses: changesets/action@v1
         with:
           publish: pnpm run ci:publish
           version: pnpm run ci:version
-          title: "[Release] ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.version || 'Next' }}"
-          commit: "release: Release ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.version || 'Next' }}"
+          title: "release: Release ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}"
+          commit: "release: Release ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}"
           createGithubReleases: false # this is handled inside ci:publish script
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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