diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/publish.yml b/.azure-pipelines/publish.yml
index aecbf8f84..b988d21dd 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/publish.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/publish.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ extends:
               $aadToken = az account get-access-token --query accessToken --resource 499b84ac-1321-427f-aa17-267ca6975798 -o tsv
               npx vsce verify-pat --pat $aadToken ms-playwright
               if ("$(Build.Reason)" -eq "Manual") {
-                Write-Output "Manual trigger"     
+                npx vsce publish --pre-release --pat $aadToken
               } else {
-                Write-Output "Automatic trigger"
+                npx vsce publish --pat $aadToken
               }