diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 742103fed2..031ba79c07 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 * perf(plugins): improve plugin download & load feature (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/3001)
 * chore: bump Rust toolchain to 1.75.0 (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/3039)
 * feat(plugins): introduce pipes to control data flow to plugins from the command line (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/3066)
+* feat(xtask): allow publishing without pushing changes (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/3040)
 
 ## [0.39.2] - 2023-11-29
 * fix(cli): typo in cli help (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/2906)
diff --git a/xtask/src/flags.rs b/xtask/src/flags.rs
index dd076f5397..1c69362606 100644
--- a/xtask/src/flags.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/flags.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ xflags::xflags! {
         cmd publish {
             /// Perform a dry-run (don't push/publish anything)
             optional --dry-run
+            /// Publish but don't push a commit to git (only works with '--cargo-registry')
+            optional --no-push
             /// Push commit to custom git remote
             optional --git-remote remote: OsString
             /// Publish crates to custom registry
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ pub struct Manpage;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Publish {
     pub dry_run: bool,
+    pub no_push: bool,
     pub git_remote: Option<OsString>,
     pub cargo_registry: Option<OsString>,
 }
diff --git a/xtask/src/pipelines.rs b/xtask/src/pipelines.rs
index 4195af7637..437cefbf25 100644
--- a/xtask/src/pipelines.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/pipelines.rs
@@ -197,10 +197,11 @@ pub fn publish(sh: &Shell, flags: flags::Publish) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         None
     };
     let remote = flags.git_remote.unwrap_or("origin".into());
-    let registry = if let Some(registry) = flags.cargo_registry {
+    let registry = if let Some(ref registry) = flags.cargo_registry {
         Some(format!(
             "--registry={}",
             registry
+                .clone()
                 .into_string()
                 .map_err(|registry| anyhow::Error::msg(format!(
                     "failed to convert '{:?}' to valid registry name",
@@ -212,6 +213,9 @@ pub fn publish(sh: &Shell, flags: flags::Publish) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         None
     };
     let registry = registry.as_ref();
+    if flags.no_push && flags.cargo_registry.is_none() {
+        anyhow::bail!("flag '--no-push' can only be used with '--cargo-registry'");
+    }
 
     sh.change_dir(crate::project_root());
     let cargo = crate::cargo().context(err_context)?;
@@ -304,6 +308,8 @@ pub fn publish(sh: &Shell, flags: flags::Publish) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         // Push commit and tag
         if flags.dry_run {
             println!("Skipping push due to dry-run");
+        } else if flags.no_push {
+            println!("Skipping push due to no-push");
         } else {
             cmd!(sh, "git push --atomic {remote} main v{version}")
                 .run()
@@ -331,7 +337,7 @@ pub fn publish(sh: &Shell, flags: flags::Publish) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
                 if let Err(err) = cmd!(
                     sh,
-                    "{cargo} publish {registry...} {more_args...} {dry_run...}"
+                    "{cargo} publish --locked {registry...} {more_args...} {dry_run...}"
                 )
                 .run()
                 .context(err_context)