diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 01ee50c2..bed0ba67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,5 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         env:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CANARY_NPM_TOKEN }}
-          E2E: 1
           REGISTRY: 'https://npm.tei.su'
-        run: cd e2e && node publish-canary.js
+        run: cd e2e && ./cli.sh ci-publish
diff --git a/e2e/cli.sh b/e2e/cli.sh
index a92e8466..34785ca8 100755
--- a/e2e/cli.sh
+++ b/e2e/cli.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ case "$method" in
         chmod -R 777 .verdaccio
         docker compose up -d verdaccio
         docker compose run --rm --build build
-        docker compose run --rm --build test
+        docker compose run --build test
+        ;;
+    "ci-publish")
+        export CURRENT_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+        docker compose run --rm -e REGISTRY -e NPM_TOKEN -e CURRENT_COMMIT test publish-canary
         ;;
     *)
         echo "Unknown command"
diff --git a/e2e/publish-canary.js b/e2e/publish-canary.js
index e4de2a7a..7cdc8ba4 100644
--- a/e2e/publish-canary.js
+++ b/e2e/publish-canary.js
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 const { execSync } = require('child_process')
 
-const { REGISTRY } = require('../scripts/publish.js')
-const { getCurrentCommit } = require('../scripts/git-utils.js')
-
 // setup token
-const { NPM_TOKEN } = process.env
+const { NPM_TOKEN, REGISTRY, CURRENT_COMMIT } = process.env
 
 if (!NPM_TOKEN) {
     console.error('NPM_TOKEN is not set!')
@@ -22,7 +19,7 @@ execSync(`npm config set //${REGISTRY.replace(/^https?:\/\//, '')}/:_authToken $
 const nodeModulesDir = path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules')
 const mtcuteDir = path.join(nodeModulesDir, '@mtcute')
 
-const commit = getCurrentCommit().slice(0, 7)
+const commit = CURRENT_COMMIT.slice(0, 7)
 
 for (const pkg of fs.readdirSync(mtcuteDir)) {
     const pkgJsonPath = path.join(mtcuteDir, pkg, 'package.json')
diff --git a/e2e/runner.js b/e2e/runner.js
index 8a40eba3..810e96e6 100644
--- a/e2e/runner.js
+++ b/e2e/runner.js
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ async function main() {
     if (!process.argv[2]) {
         console.log('Usage: node runner.js <what>')
         console.log('  where <what> is one of:')
+        console.log('    publish-canary - publish everything to canary npm')
         console.log('    all - run all tests')
         console.log('    <dirname> - (one of %s) - run tests for that directory', DIRS.join(', '))
         console.log('    <dirname> <filename> - run tests for that file')
@@ -88,6 +89,12 @@ async function main() {
 
     const [dir, file] = process.argv.slice(2)
 
+    if (dir === 'publish-canary') {
+        cp.execSync('node publish-canary.js', { stdio: 'inherit' })
+
+        return
+    }
+
     if (dir === 'all') {
         for (const d of DIRS) {
             console.log('Entering %s', d)
diff --git a/scripts/git-utils.js b/scripts/git-utils.js
index 3b902ee4..a82b8115 100644
--- a/scripts/git-utils.js
+++ b/scripts/git-utils.js
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 const cp = require('child_process')
 
-function getCurrentCommit() {
-    return cp.execSync('git rev-parse HEAD', { encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe' }).trim()
-}
-
 function getLatestTag() {
     try {
         const res = cp.execSync('git describe --abbrev=0 --tags', { encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe' }).trim()
@@ -68,5 +64,4 @@ module.exports = {
     findChangedFilesSince,
     getCommitsSince,
     parseConventionalCommit,
-    getCurrentCommit,
 }