diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
index 64520b6..1290035 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,56 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - v*
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      translation_directory:
+        description: directory babel translations reside in, passed to pybabel compile --directory=...
+        required: false
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   build-n-publish:
-    uses: Cian-H/.github/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml@main
-    secrets: inherit
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+        with:
+          enable-cache: false
+          python-version: 3.12
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          uv pip install --python=3.12 babel build
+
+      - name: Compile translations
+        env:
+          # writing input to env-var prevents injection-attacks
+          # this is suggested by github-documentation's section `Security hardening for GitHub Actions`
+          TRANSLATION_DIRECTORY: ${{inputs.translation_directory}}
+        run: |
+          if [[ -f setup.cfg ]] && grep -q "compile_catalog" setup.cfg
+          then
+            uv pip install --python=3.12 setuptools
+            python setup.py compile_catalog
+          elif [[ -n "$TRANSLATION_DIRECTORY" ]]
+          then
+            if [[ ! -d "$TRANSLATION_DIRECTORY" ]]
+            then
+              echo "given translation-directory `$TRANSLATION_DIRECTORY` does not exist"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            pybabel compile --directory="$TRANSLATION_DIRECTORY" --use-fuzzy
+          fi
+
+      - name: Build package
+        run: |
+          python -m build
+
+      - name: pypi-publish
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.12.4
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.pypi_token }}