diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8f25c04eac..6d8fc1f2a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,30 +5,13 @@ on:
     branches: ["master"]
   pull_request:
     branches: ["**"]
-    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize, labeled, unlabeled]
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  require-label:
-    name: Require Run CI label
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-    steps:
-      - name: Ensure Run CI label is present
-        env:
-          HAS_LABEL: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Run CI') }}
-        run: |
-          if [ "${HAS_LABEL}" != "true" ]; then
-            echo "::error::Add the 'Run CI' label to this pull request to trigger CI."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-        shell: bash
-
   build-and-check:
     name: Build & Check (${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.mpi }})
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    needs: [require-label]
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || needs.require-label.result == 'success'
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
@@ -136,8 +119,6 @@ jobs:
   code-formatting:
     name: Check Code Formatting
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [require-label]
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || needs.require-label.result == 'success'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -171,8 +152,6 @@ jobs:
   mixed-precision-check:
     name: Check Mixed-Precision Code
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [require-label]
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || needs.require-label.result == 'success'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -200,8 +179,6 @@ jobs:
   headers-check:
     name: Check Headers
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [require-label]
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || needs.require-label.result == 'success'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -228,8 +205,6 @@ jobs:
   code-checks:
     name: Code Checks (${{ matrix.check }})
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [require-label]
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || needs.require-label.result == 'success'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-release.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8016e63da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+name: Conda Release Publish
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release_tag:
+        description: Release tag to publish (for example v3.1.0)
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-publish:
+    name: Publish (${{ matrix.os }} | mpi=${{ matrix.mpi }}, openmp=${{ matrix.openmp }})
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        mpi: [nompi, openmpi, mpich]
+        openmp: [on, off]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name || github.event.inputs.release_tag }}
+
+      - name: Resolve package version from release tag
+        id: version
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name || github.event.inputs.release_tag }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${RELEASE_TAG:-}" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Release tag is empty."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          version="${RELEASE_TAG#refs/tags/}"
+          version="${version#v}"
+
+          if ! [[ "${version}" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+){1,3}([A-Za-z0-9._-]+)?$ ]]; then
+            echo "::error::Unsupported release tag '${RELEASE_TAG}'. Use tags like v3.1.0 or 3.1.0."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "version=${version}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "Using package version ${version}"
+
+      - name: Setup Miniconda
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
+        with:
+          activate-environment: conda-build-env
+          auto-update-conda: false
+          channels: conda-forge
+          channel-priority: strict
+          python-version: "3.12"
+
+      - name: Install conda tooling
+        shell: bash -el {0}
+        run: |
+          conda install -n conda-build-env -y conda-build anaconda-client
+
+      - name: Build package variant
+        shell: bash -el {0}
+        env:
+          CONDA_BLD_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/conda-bld
+          HYPRE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          echo "Building version=${HYPRE_VERSION}, mpi=${{ matrix.mpi }}, openmp=${{ matrix.openmp }}"
+          variant_json=$(printf '{"mpi":["%s"],"openmp":["%s"]}' "${{ matrix.mpi }}" "${{ matrix.openmp }}")
+          conda build conda-recipe \
+            --channel conda-forge \
+            --override-channels \
+            --variants "${variant_json}" \
+            --no-anaconda-upload
+
+      - name: Upload package to Anaconda (opflow-dev)
+        shell: bash -el {0}
+        env:
+          CONDA_BLD_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/conda-bld
+          HYPRE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          ANACONDA_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ANACONDA_API_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${ANACONDA_API_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Missing secret ANACONDA_API_TOKEN."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          pkg_files="$(
+            find "${CONDA_BLD_PATH}" -type f \
+              \( -name "hypre-${HYPRE_VERSION}-*.conda" -o -name "hypre-${HYPRE_VERSION}-*.tar.bz2" \) \
+              | sort
+          )"
+
+          if [ -z "${pkg_files}" ]; then
+            echo "::error::No built packages found under ${CONDA_BLD_PATH}."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "Uploading packages:"
+          printf '%s\n' "${pkg_files}"
+
+          while IFS= read -r pkg; do
+            [ -n "${pkg}" ] || continue
+            anaconda -t "${ANACONDA_API_TOKEN}" upload \
+              --user opflow-dev \
+              --label main \
+              --skip-existing \
+              "${pkg}"
+          done <<< "${pkg_files}"
diff --git a/conda-recipe/build.sh b/conda-recipe/build.sh
index 66c6ab5d94..fc9571fe14 100755
--- a/conda-recipe/build.sh
+++ b/conda-recipe/build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) 1998 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# HYPRE Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
 set -euxo pipefail
 
 HYPRE_ENABLE_MPI="${HYPRE_ENABLE_MPI:-OFF}"
diff --git a/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
index 2e0d9b3d39..1b5522735b 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# Copyright (c) 1998 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# HYPRE Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
 mpi:
   - nompi
   - openmpi
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index a648b76264..0b42f818b7 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright (c) 1998 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# HYPRE Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
 {% set enable_mpi = "ON" if mpi != "nompi" else "OFF" %}
 {% set enable_openmp = "ON" if openmp == "on" else "OFF" %}
+{% set package_version = (environ.get("HYPRE_VERSION") or "3.1.0").lstrip("v") %}
 
 package:
   name: hypre
-  version: 3.1.0
+  version: {{ package_version }}
 
 source:
   path: ..