diff --git a/.changeset/README.md b/.changeset/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e5b6d8d..0000000
--- a/.changeset/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Changesets
-
-Hello and welcome! This folder has been automatically generated by `@changesets/cli`, a build tool that works
-with multi-package repos, or single-package repos to help you version and publish your code. You can
-find the full documentation for it [in our repository](https://github.com/changesets/changesets)
-
-We have a quick list of common questions to get you started engaging with this project in
-[our documentation](https://github.com/changesets/changesets/blob/main/docs/common-questions.md)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index dbfaad1..0b77d99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npm ci
 
       - name: Check if release is required
-        run: npx changeset status
+        run: ls .changeset/*.md > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
 
       - name: If there is no need to release
         if: ${{ failure() }}