diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-production.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-production.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84328ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-production.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+name: Deploy to Production Server
+
+on:
+    push:
+        branches:
+            - master
+    workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+    deploy:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - name: Checkout repository
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+            - name: Setup Node.js
+              uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+              with:
+                  node-version: '20'
+                  cache: 'npm'
+
+            - name: Install dependencies
+              run: npm ci
+
+            - name: Build library
+              run: npm run build
+
+            - name: Build Storybook
+              run: npm run build-storybook
+
+            - name: Setup SSH key
+              run: |
+                  mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+                  echo "${{ secrets.PRODUCTION_SSH_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/deploy_key
+                  chmod 600 ~/.ssh/deploy_key
+                  ssh-keyscan -H ${{ secrets.PRODUCTION_HOST }} >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+
+            - name: Deploy to production server
+              run: |
+                  rsync -avz --delete \
+                    --exclude '.git' \
+                    --exclude '.github' \
+                    --exclude 'logs/*.log' \
+                    --exclude '.env*' \
+                    --exclude 'coverage' \
+                    --exclude '.DS_Store' \
+                    --exclude 'debug-storybook.log' \
+                    -e "ssh -i ~/.ssh/deploy_key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" \
+                    ./ ${{ secrets.PRODUCTION_USER }}@${{ secrets.PRODUCTION_HOST }}:${{ secrets.PRODUCTION_PATH }}/
+
+            - name: Restart PM2 process
+              run: |
+                  ssh -i ~/.ssh/deploy_key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+                    ${{ secrets.PRODUCTION_USER }}@${{ secrets.PRODUCTION_HOST }} << 'EOF'
+                  cd ${{ secrets.PRODUCTION_PATH }}
+                  echo "🔄 Restarting PM2 storybook process..."
+                  pm2 restart storybook
+                  echo "✅ PM2 process restarted successfully"
+                  echo ""
+                  echo "📊 PM2 Status:"
+                  pm2 list
+                  echo ""
+                  echo "📁 Deployed to: $(pwd)"
+                  echo "📅 Deployment time: $(date)"
+                  EOF
+
+            - name: Cleanup SSH key
+              if: always()
+              run: rm -f ~/.ssh/deploy_key
+
+            - name: Deployment summary
+              if: success()
+              run: |
+                  echo "✅ Deployment completed successfully!"
+                  echo "📂 Files deployed to production server"
diff --git a/bin/release.sh b/bin/release.sh
index 168ae09a..27ca8d68 100644
--- a/bin/release.sh
+++ b/bin/release.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,37 @@ echo -e "\nSyncing files..."
 
 rsync -av "$SRC_DIR/" "$BUILD_DIR" --exclude-from "$SRC_DIR/.distignore"
 
+# Trim the manifest consumers receive. npm's git fetcher runs a nested
+# `npm install --include=dev` inside any git dependency declaring an install
+# script, and our postinstall makes force-ui one, so every devDependency named
+# here gets re-resolved live in every consumer's CI.
+# Errors are handled explicitly: `bash bin/release.sh` ignores the shebang's -e.
+echo -e "\nTrimming package.json for distribution..."
+DIST_MANIFEST="$BUILD_DIR/package.json" node <<'NODE' || { echo "ERROR: could not trim the distribution manifest." >&2; exit 1; }
+const fs = require( 'fs' );
+const file = process.env.DIST_MANIFEST;
+const pkg = JSON.parse( fs.readFileSync( file, 'utf8' ) );
+
+// postinstall -> patch-package is what applies the Lexical patches in a
+// consumer's tree; never ship a manifest that has lost it.
+if ( pkg.scripts?.postinstall !== 'node apply-patches.cjs' || ! pkg.dependencies?.[ 'patch-package' ] ) {
+	throw new Error( 'refusing to trim: postinstall or patch-package is missing' );
+}
+
+delete pkg.devDependencies;
+pkg.scripts = { postinstall: pkg.scripts.postinstall };
+
+fs.writeFileSync( file, JSON.stringify( pkg, null, 4 ) + '\n' );
+NODE
+
+# Pin what the nested install resolves, so a publish between releases cannot
+# break consumers. `files` keeps this out of the packed tarball.
+echo -e "\nResolving distribution lockfile..."
+npm install --package-lock-only --ignore-scripts --no-audit --no-fund || {
+	echo "ERROR: could not resolve the distribution lockfile." >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
 # Add changed files
 git add .