diff --git a/deploy/charts/buzz-push-gateway/tests/release-contract.sh b/deploy/charts/buzz-push-gateway/tests/release-contract.sh
index 7ae85ce34e..d10dc963f4 100755
--- a/deploy/charts/buzz-push-gateway/tests/release-contract.sh
+++ b/deploy/charts/buzz-push-gateway/tests/release-contract.sh
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@ auto_path = Path('.github/workflows/auto-tag-on-release-pr-merge.yml')
 publish_path = Path('.github/workflows/push-gateway-helm-chart.yml')
 auto_text = auto_path.read_text()
 publish_text = publish_path.read_text()
-# Parse first, then pin the cross-workflow strings whose agreement makes this a
-# reachable lane rather than an orphan publisher.
+# Parse first, then pin the tag producer and consumer strings whose agreement
+# makes this a reachable lane rather than an orphan publisher.
 yaml.safe_load(auto_text)
 yaml.safe_load(publish_text)
 for needle in (
     'push-chart-release/*)',
     'VERSION="${BRANCH#push-chart-release/}"',
     'TAG_PREFIX="push-chart-v"',
-    'DISPATCH="push-gateway-helm-chart"',
-    'push-gateway-helm-chart) WORKFLOW="push-gateway-helm-chart.yml"',
+    '- name: Create and push tag',
+    'TAG: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }}',
+    'refs/tags/$TAG',
+    '-f sha="$TARGET_SHA"',
 ):
     assert needle in auto_text, f'missing auto-tag gateway chart contract: {needle}'
 for needle in (