diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 359501dc67..ea6da9aada 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ targets = [
 [workspace.metadata.release]
 shared-version = true # ensures published packages share the same version
 tag-name = "v{{version}}"
+release = false
 
 # The profile that 'cargo dist' will build with
 [profile.dist]
diff --git a/bindgen-cli/Cargo.toml b/bindgen-cli/Cargo.toml
index 5db34395d1..6126f4034f 100644
--- a/bindgen-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindgen-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,3 +41,6 @@ which-rustfmt = ["bindgen/which-rustfmt"]
 __testing_only_extra_assertions = ["bindgen/__testing_only_extra_assertions"]
 __testing_only_libclang_9 = ["bindgen/__testing_only_libclang_9"]
 __testing_only_libclang_5 = ["bindgen/__testing_only_libclang_5"]
+
+[package.metadata.release]
+release = true
diff --git a/bindgen/Cargo.toml b/bindgen/Cargo.toml
index 4c736e0d97..09a841ad47 100644
--- a/bindgen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindgen/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,3 +62,6 @@ __testing_only_libclang_5 = []
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 features = ["experimental"]
+
+[package.metadata.release]
+release = true