diff --git a/.changes/config.json b/.changes/config.json
index 79c302e31..2f53c8230 100644
--- a/.changes/config.json
+++ b/.changes/config.json
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@
   "pkgManagers": {
     "rust": {
       "version": true,
-      "getPublishedVersion": "node ../../.scripts/covector/package-latest-version.js cargo ${ pkgFile.pkg.package.name } ${ pkgFile.pkg.package.version }",
+      "getPublishedVersion": {
+        "use": "fetch:check",
+        "options": {
+          "url": "https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/${ pkg.pkgFile.pkg.package.name }/${ pkg.pkgFile.version }"
+        }
+      },
       "prepublish": [
-        "sudo apt-get update",
-        "sudo apt-get install -y webkit2gtk-4.1 libayatana-appindicator3-dev",
         "cargo install cargo-audit --features=fix",
         {
           "command": "cargo generate-lockfile",
@@ -43,11 +46,6 @@
         }
       ],
       "publish": [
-        "sleep 15s",
-        {
-          "command": "cargo package --no-verify",
-          "dryRunCommand": true
-        },
         {
           "command": "echo '<details>\n<summary><em><h4>Cargo Publish</h4></em></summary>\n\n```'",
           "dryRunCommand": true,
@@ -64,21 +62,22 @@
           "pipe": true
         }
       ],
-      "postpublish": [
-        "git tag ${ pkg.pkg }-v${ pkgFile.versionMajor } -f",
-        "git tag ${ pkg.pkg }-v${ pkgFile.versionMajor }.${ pkgFile.versionMinor } -f",
-        "git push --tags -f"
-      ],
-      "assets": [
-        {
-          "path": "./target/package/${ pkg.pkg }-${ pkgFile.version }.crate",
-          "name": "${ pkg.pkg }-${ pkgFile.version }.crate"
-        }
-      ]
+      "postpublish": {
+        "use": "fetch:check",
+        "options": {
+          "url": "https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/${ pkg.pkgFile.pkg.package.name }/${ pkg.pkgFile.version }"
+        },
+        "retries": [5000, 5000, 5000]
+      }
     },
     "javascript": {
       "version": true,
-      "getPublishedVersion": "node ../../.scripts/covector/package-latest-version.js npm ${ pkgFile.pkg.name } ${ pkgFile.pkg.version }",
+      "getPublishedVersion": {
+        "use": "fetch:check",
+        "options": {
+          "url": "https://registry.npmjs.com/${ pkg.pkgFile.pkg.name }/${ pkg.pkgFile.version }"
+        }
+      },
       "prepublish": [
         {
           "command": "pnpm i --frozen-lockfile",
@@ -99,14 +98,9 @@
           "command": "echo '```\n\n</details>\n'",
           "dryRunCommand": true,
           "pipe": true
-        },
-        {
-          "command": "npm pack",
-          "dryRunCommand": true
         }
       ],
       "publish": [
-        "sleep 15s",
         {
           "command": "echo '<details>\n<summary><em><h4>PNPM Publish</h4></em></summary>\n\n```'",
           "dryRunCommand": true,
@@ -123,11 +117,13 @@
           "pipe": true
         }
       ],
-      "postpublish": [
-        "git tag ${ pkg.pkg }-v${ pkgFile.versionMajor } -f",
-        "git tag ${ pkg.pkg }-v${ pkgFile.versionMajor }.${ pkgFile.versionMinor } -f",
-        "git push --tags -f"
-      ]
+      "postpublish": {
+        "use": "fetch:check",
+        "options": {
+          "url": "https://registry.npmjs.com/${ pkg.pkgFile.pkg.name }/${ pkg.pkgFile.version }"
+        },
+        "retries": [5000, 5000, 5000]
+      }
     }
   },
   "packages": {
@@ -253,7 +249,6 @@
     "@tauri-apps/cli": {
       "path": "./tooling/cli/node",
       "manager": "javascript",
-      "getPublishedVersion": "node ../../../.scripts/covector/package-latest-version.js npm ${ pkgFile.pkg.name } ${ pkgFile.pkg.version }",
       "dependencies": ["tauri-cli"],
       "postversion": [
         "node ../../../.scripts/covector/sync-cli-metadata.js ${ pkg.pkg } ${ release.type }",
@@ -270,12 +265,6 @@
       "postversion": [
         "cargo check",
         "cargo build --manifest-path ../../core/tauri-config-schema/Cargo.toml"
-      ],
-      "assets": [
-        {
-          "path": "${ pkg.path }/target/package/tauri-cli-${ pkgFile.version }.crate",
-          "name": "${ pkg.pkg }-${ pkgFile.version }.crate"
-        }
       ]
     },
     "tauri-driver": {
diff --git a/.scripts/covector/package-latest-version.js b/.scripts/covector/package-latest-version.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 954645348..000000000
--- a/.scripts/covector/package-latest-version.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-// Copyright 2019-2024 Tauri Programme within The Commons Conservancy
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-/*
-This script is solely intended to be run as part of the `covector publish` step to
-check the latest version of a crate, considering the current minor version.
-*/
-
-const https = require('https')
-
-const kind = process.argv[2]
-const packageName = process.argv[3]
-const packageVersion = process.argv[4]
-const target = packageVersion.substring(0, packageVersion.lastIndexOf('.'))
-
-let url = null
-switch (kind) {
-  case 'cargo':
-    url = `https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/${packageName}`
-    break
-  case 'npm':
-    url = `https://registry.npmjs.org/${packageName}`
-    break
-  default:
-    throw new Error('unexpected kind ' + kind)
-}
-
-const options = {
-  headers: {
-    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-    Accept: 'application/json',
-    'User-Agent': 'tauri (https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri)'
-  }
-}
-
-https.get(url, options, (response) => {
-  let chunks = []
-  response.on('data', function (chunk) {
-    chunks.push(chunk)
-  })
-
-  response.on('end', function () {
-    const data = JSON.parse(chunks.join(''))
-    if (kind === 'cargo') {
-      const versions =
-        data.versions?.filter((v) => v.num.startsWith(target)) ?? []
-      console.log(versions.length ? versions[0].num : '0.0.0')
-    } else if (kind === 'npm') {
-      const versions = Object.keys(data.versions).filter((v) =>
-        v.startsWith(target)
-      )
-      console.log(versions[versions.length - 1] || '0.0.0')
-    }
-  })
-})