diff --git a/.github/docker/chatlab-cli.Dockerfile b/.github/docker/chatlab-cli.Dockerfile
index 3b3d9411..0b7fd656 100644
--- a/.github/docker/chatlab-cli.Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/docker/chatlab-cli.Dockerfile
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ ENV CHATLAB_NLP_DICT_DIR=/opt/chatlab/nlp
 ADD --checksum=sha256:139519822fe8ab9e10d9d07e68ea0451045380aedaf54ecc51e2a28c6b42a13f --chmod=0644 \
     https://chatlab.fun/assets/nlp/zh-CN.dict /opt/chatlab/nlp/zh-CN.dict
 
+COPY chatlab-cli-${CHATLAB_VERSION}.tgz /tmp/chatlab-cli.tgz
+
 RUN test -n "$CHATLAB_VERSION" \
     && apt-get update \
     && apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends g++ make python3 \
-    && npm install --global --omit=dev "chatlab-cli@${CHATLAB_VERSION}" \
+    && npm install --global --omit=dev /tmp/chatlab-cli.tgz \
+    && rm /tmp/chatlab-cli.tgz \
     && CHATLAB_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK=1 clb runtime install local-embedding \
     && npm cache clean --force \
     && apt-get purge --yes --auto-remove g++ make python3 \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6a8a4f47..88bbb3f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -547,15 +547,30 @@ jobs:
           name: ChatLab-cli-build
           path: apps/cli
 
-      - name: Copy README for npm publish
-        run: cp README.md apps/cli/README.md
+      - name: Prepare package documentation
+        run: node apps/cli/scripts/sync-release-docs.mjs
+
+      - name: Pack CLI release
+        working-directory: apps/cli
+        run: npm pack --ignore-scripts
+
+      - name: Upload CLI package
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          name: ChatLab-cli-package
+          path: apps/cli/chatlab-cli-${{ needs.prepare_release.outputs.version }}.tgz
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 1
 
       - name: Publish to npm
         working-directory: apps/cli
-        run: npm publish --ignore-scripts --provenance --tag ${{ needs.prepare_release.outputs.npm_tag }}
+        env:
+          CHATLAB_VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare_release.outputs.version }}
+          NPM_TAG: ${{ needs.prepare_release.outputs.npm_tag }}
+        run: npm publish "./chatlab-cli-${CHATLAB_VERSION}.tgz" --ignore-scripts --provenance --tag "$NPM_TAG"
 
   publish-docker:
-    # The image installs the published npm package and does not consume desktop release artifacts.
+    # Install the exact tarball sent to npm without waiting for registry propagation.
     needs: [prepare_release, publish-cli]
     if: needs.prepare_release.outputs.is_prerelease == 'false'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -565,29 +580,15 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
 
     steps:
-      - name: Wait for npm package availability
-        timeout-minutes: 5
-        shell: bash
-        env:
-          CHATLAB_VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare_release.outputs.version }}
-        run: |
-          for attempt in {1..30}; do
-            published_version="$(npm view "chatlab-cli@${CHATLAB_VERSION}" version --registry=https://registry.npmjs.org --prefer-online --fetch-timeout=10000 --fetch-retries=0 2>/dev/null || true)"
-            if [ "$published_version" = "$CHATLAB_VERSION" ]; then
-              echo "chatlab-cli@${CHATLAB_VERSION} is available on npm"
-              exit 0
-            fi
-
-            echo "Waiting for chatlab-cli@${CHATLAB_VERSION} to become available on npm (${attempt}/30)"
-            sleep 10
-          done
-
-          echo "::error::chatlab-cli@${CHATLAB_VERSION} was not available on npm after 5 minutes"
-          exit 1
-
       - name: Checkout image definition
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
+      - name: Download CLI package
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        with:
+          name: ChatLab-cli-package
+          path: .github/docker
+
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
 
@@ -617,7 +618,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and push
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
         with:
-          context: .
+          context: .github/docker
           file: .github/docker/chatlab-cli.Dockerfile
           push: true
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64