diff --git a/.gitea/scripts/copr-build.sh b/.gitea/scripts/copr-build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2cc1fdc..0000000
--- a/.gitea/scripts/copr-build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Submit an SRPM to COPR, watch the build, and dump per-chroot build logs
-# to stdout so they are captured in CI output.
-#
-# Usage: copr-build.sh <project> <srpm> [srpm...]
-# Example: copr-build.sh helexa/cortex ./cortex-0.1.2-1.fc43.src.rpm
-
-set -o pipefail
-
-PROJECT="$1"
-shift
-
-if [ -z "$PROJECT" ] || [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
-  echo "usage: $0 <project> <srpm> [srpm...]" >&2
-  exit 2
-fi
-
-# Submit without waiting; capture the build ID from stdout.
-SUBMIT_OUT=$(copr-cli build --nowait "$PROJECT" "$@")
-echo "$SUBMIT_OUT"
-BUILD_ID=$(echo "$SUBMIT_OUT" | grep -oP 'Created builds: \K[0-9]+' | head -n1)
-
-if [ -z "$BUILD_ID" ]; then
-  echo "error: could not parse build ID from copr-cli output" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo
-echo "Build $BUILD_ID submitted to $PROJECT"
-echo "Follow live: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/build/$BUILD_ID"
-echo
-
-# Watch the build; captures status transitions to stdout. Exit non-zero
-# on build failure, but defer propagating that until after we've fetched
-# logs so the CI output contains diagnostics either way.
-if copr-cli watch-build "$BUILD_ID"; then
-  STATUS=0
-else
-  STATUS=$?
-fi
-
-# Fetch per-chroot results (logs + rpms). Anonymous download — no auth needed.
-mkdir -p copr-logs
-copr-cli download-build --dest copr-logs "$BUILD_ID" || {
-  echo "warning: failed to download build artifacts" >&2
-}
-
-# Dump each chroot's builder-live.log as a collapsible group.
-for chroot_dir in copr-logs/*/; do
-  [ -d "$chroot_dir" ] || continue
-  chroot=$(basename "$chroot_dir")
-  log="${chroot_dir}builder-live.log"
-  if [ -f "$log" ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "::group::${chroot} builder-live.log"
-    cat "$log"
-    echo "::endgroup::"
-  fi
-done
-
-exit "$STATUS"
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 1a03f72..008e97b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -168,40 +168,34 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: fedora
     needs: srpm-cortex
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
       - name: Download SRPM
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: srpm-cortex
 
-      - name: Configure copr-cli
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ~/.config
-          echo "${{ secrets.COPR_CONFIG }}" > ~/.config/copr
-
-      - name: Submit build to COPR
-        run: bash .gitea/scripts/copr-build.sh helexa/cortex *.src.rpm
+      - name: Publish to COPR
+        uses: https://git.lair.cafe/actions/copr-publish@v1
+        with:
+          project: helexa/cortex
+          srpm: "*.src.rpm"
+          copr-config: ${{ secrets.COPR_CONFIG }}
 
   copr-neuron:
     name: Publish neuron to COPR
     runs-on: fedora
     needs: srpm-neuron
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
       - name: Download SRPM
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: srpm-neuron
 
-      - name: Configure copr-cli
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ~/.config
-          echo "${{ secrets.COPR_CONFIG }}" > ~/.config/copr
-
-      - name: Submit build to COPR
-        run: bash .gitea/scripts/copr-build.sh helexa/neuron *.src.rpm
+      - name: Publish to COPR
+        uses: https://git.lair.cafe/actions/copr-publish@v1
+        with:
+          project: helexa/neuron
+          srpm: "*.src.rpm"
+          copr-config: ${{ secrets.COPR_CONFIG }}
 
   bump-version:
     name: Bump version in source