diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-libs.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-libs.yaml
index d6aa691a2b..fd9954de0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-libs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-libs.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 # This workflow is used to publish SV2 crates to crates.io
-# The workflow tries to update all the library crates, so if a crate is not to updated, the step will fail
-# for that each step have continue-on-error set to true.
-# Since each step can fail, the output ot the action must be manually checked to make sure that all
-# the library intended to be published are published.
-# Running cargo release in the various workspace help to prepare the version number and everything.
-# ATTENTION
-# Is very important to check the output manually cause when too many crates are updated crates.io could fail
-# and ask to rerun the action later
+# the workflow tries to publish all the library crates by running scripts/release-libs.sh
+# in case the `cargo publish` command fails, the script returns 1 and the entire workflow fails
+# the only exception is when the `cargo publish` command fails due to the crate already
+# being published, in which case the workflow continues
 
 name: Release Libs
 
@@ -32,113 +28,91 @@ jobs:
             override: true
       - name: Login
         run: cargo login ${{ secrets.CRATES_IO_DEPLOY_KEY }}
+
       - name: Publish crate common
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd common
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh common
+
       - name: Publish crate buffer_sv2
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd utils/buffer
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh utils/buffer
+
       - name: Publish crate no_serde_sv2_derive_codec
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/binary-sv2/no-serde-sv2/derive_codec
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/binary-sv2/no-serde-sv2/derive_codec
+
       - name: Publish crate no_serde_sv2_codec
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/binary-sv2/no-serde-sv2/codec
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/binary-sv2/no-serde-sv2/codec
+
       - name: Publish crate serde_sv2
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/binary-sv2/serde-sv2
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/binary-sv2/serde-sv2
+
       - name: Publish crate binary_sv2
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/binary-sv2/binary-sv2
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/binary-sv2/binary-sv2
+
       - name: Publish crate const_sv2
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/const-sv2
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/const-sv2
+
       - name: Publish crate framing_sv2
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/framing-sv2
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/framing-sv2
+
       - name: Publish crate noise_sv2
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/noise-sv2
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/noise-sv2
+
       - name: Publish crate codec_sv2
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/codec-sv2
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/codec-sv2
+
       - name: Publish crate common_messages
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/subprotocols/common-messages
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/subprotocols/common-messages
+
       - name: Publish crate job_declaration
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/subprotocols/job-declaration
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/subprotocols/job-declaration
+
       - name: Publish crate mining
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/subprotocols/mining
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/subprotocols/mining
+
       - name: Publish crate template_distribution
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/subprotocols/template-distribution
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/subprotocols/template-distribution
+
       - name: Publish crate sv2_ffi
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/sv2-ffi
-          cargo publish --all-features
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/sv2-ffi
+
       - name: Publish crate roles_logic_sv2
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v2/roles-logic-sv2
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v2/roles-logic-sv2
+
       - name: Publish crate v1
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd protocols/v1
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh protocols/v1
+
       - name: Publish crate bip32-key-derivation
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd utils/bip32-key-derivation
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh utils/bip32-key-derivation
+
       - name: Publish crate error-handling
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd utils/error-handling
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh utils/error-handling
+
       - name: Publish crate key-utils
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd utils/key-utils
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh utils/key-utils
+
       - name: Publish crate network_helpers_sv2
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd roles/roles-utils/network-helpers
-          cargo publish
+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh roles/roles-utils/network-helpers
+
       - name: Publish crate rpc_sv2
-        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          cd roles/roles-utils/rpc
-          cargo publish
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+          ./scripts/release-libs.sh roles/roles-utils/rpc
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diff --git a/scripts/release-libs.sh b/scripts/release-libs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2b5933c800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release-libs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# USAGE:
+#   ./scripts/cargo-publish.sh <crate-dir> [--dry-run]
+#
+# if --dry-run is provided, the script runs cargo publish --dry-run,
+# otherwise it performs a real publish.
+#
+# the script returns 0 on success of cargo publish, and 1 on failure
+# the only exception is when cargo publish fails because the crate is already published
+# in that case, the script also returns 0
+
+CRATE_DIR="$1"
+
+echo "Publishing crate in directory: $CRATE_DIR"
+
+cd "$CRATE_DIR"
+
+CARGO_COMMAND="cargo publish"
+
+OUTPUT="$($CARGO_COMMAND 2>&1)"
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+echo "Ran cargo command, exit code was $EXIT_CODE"
+
+if [ "$EXIT_CODE" -eq 0 ] ; then
+  echo "Publish command succeeded: $CRATE_DIR"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# If cargo failed, check whether it was 'already uploaded'
+if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -q "already uploaded"; then
+  echo "Crate is already published: $CRATE_DIR"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Publish command failed for $CRATE_DIR"
+echo "$OUTPUT"
+exit 1
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