diff --git a/tools/release/01_bump_crate_versions.ts b/tools/release/01_bump_crate_versions.ts
index a29bdd554f..eea49279f3 100755
--- a/tools/release/01_bump_crate_versions.ts
+++ b/tools/release/01_bump_crate_versions.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const originalCliVersion = cliCrate.version;
 await cliCrate.promptAndIncrement();
 
 // increment the dependency crate versions
-for (const crate of workspace.getDependencyCrates()) {
+for (const crate of workspace.getCliDependencyCrates()) {
   await crate.increment("minor");
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/release/02_publish_crates.ts b/tools/release/02_publish_crates.ts
index 1bb02f4608..5910827c35 100755
--- a/tools/release/02_publish_crates.ts
+++ b/tools/release/02_publish_crates.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import { getCratesPublishOrder } from "./deps.ts";
 const workspace = await DenoWorkspace.load();
 const cliCrate = workspace.getCliCrate();
 
-const dependencyCrates = getCratesPublishOrder(workspace.getDependencyCrates());
+const dependencyCrates = getCratesPublishOrder(
+  workspace.getCliDependencyCrates(),
+);
 
 try {
   for (const [i, crate] of dependencyCrates.entries()) {
diff --git a/tools/release/deno_workspace.ts b/tools/release/deno_workspace.ts
index 19c8f99983..6f5b64590e 100644
--- a/tools/release/deno_workspace.ts
+++ b/tools/release/deno_workspace.ts
@@ -28,42 +28,17 @@ export class DenoWorkspace {
     return this.#repo.crates;
   }
 
-  /** Gets the dependency crates used for the first part of the release process. */
-  getDependencyCrates() {
-    return [
-      this.getBenchUtilCrate(),
-      this.getSerdeV8Crate(),
-      this.getCoreCrate(),
-      ...this.getExtCrates(),
-      this.getRuntimeCrate(),
-    ];
-  }
-
-  getSerdeV8Crate() {
-    return this.getCrate("serde_v8");
+  /** Gets the CLI dependency crates that should be published. */
+  getCliDependencyCrates() {
+    return this.getCliCrate()
+      .descendantDependenciesInRepo()
+      .filter((c) => c.name !== "test_util");
   }
 
   getCliCrate() {
     return this.getCrate("deno");
   }
 
-  getCoreCrate() {
-    return this.getCrate("deno_core");
-  }
-
-  getRuntimeCrate() {
-    return this.getCrate("deno_runtime");
-  }
-
-  getBenchUtilCrate() {
-    return this.getCrate("deno_bench_util");
-  }
-
-  getExtCrates() {
-    const extPath = path.join(this.#repo.folderPath, "ext");
-    return this.crates.filter((c) => c.manifestPath.startsWith(extPath));
-  }
-
   getCrate(name: string) {
     return this.#repo.getCrate(name);
   }
diff --git a/tools/release/deps.ts b/tools/release/deps.ts
index 5e249c1cf0..86f1db10f1 100644
--- a/tools/release/deps.ts
+++ b/tools/release/deps.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2022 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
-export * from "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/denoland/automation/0.4.0/mod.ts";
+export * from "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/denoland/automation/0.5.0/mod.ts";