diff --git a/CLUSTERFLUX_PUBLIC_TREE.json b/CLUSTERFLUX_PUBLIC_TREE.json
index 52b20f7..295d2c3 100644
--- a/CLUSTERFLUX_PUBLIC_TREE.json
+++ b/CLUSTERFLUX_PUBLIC_TREE.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "kind": "clusterflux-filtered-public-tree",
-  "source_commit": "5e0e2bce9be3df55b3b7bd4f9a287c58ca2f4385",
-  "release_name": "release-5e0e2bce9be3",
+  "source_commit": "020d19c19c9c6b75314e0044cade95cee035ba1c",
+  "release_name": "release-020d19c19c9c",
   "filtered_out": [
     "private/**",
     "internal/**",
diff --git a/scripts/prepare-public-release.js b/scripts/prepare-public-release.js
index 7ac5d77..eca582e 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare-public-release.js
+++ b/scripts/prepare-public-release.js
@@ -1082,11 +1082,9 @@ function main() {
   run("scripts/check-old-name.sh", [], { cwd: publicTree });
   run("node", ["scripts/check-docs.js"], { cwd: publicTree });
   run("scripts/check-code-size.sh", [], { cwd: publicTree });
-  const publicTreePublish = publishPublicTree(
-    releaseName,
-    sourceCommit,
-    publicTreeIdentity
-  );
+  const publicTreePublish = candidate
+    ? candidate.public_tree_publish
+    : publishPublicTree(releaseName, sourceCommit, publicTreeIdentity);
   let binaryArchive;
   let hostedBinaryArchive;
   let binaryDigests;
@@ -1166,8 +1164,12 @@ function main() {
       include_forgejo_workflows: includeForgejoWorkflows,
     },
     forgejo_host: forgejoHost,
-    public_repo_url: process.env.CLUSTERFLUX_PUBLIC_REPO_URL || publicTreePublish.remote,
-    public_repo_remote: process.env.CLUSTERFLUX_PUBLIC_REPO_REMOTE || null,
+    public_repo_url:
+      process.env.CLUSTERFLUX_PUBLIC_REPO_URL ||
+      candidate?.public_repo_url ||
+      publicTreePublish.remote,
+    public_repo_remote:
+      process.env.CLUSTERFLUX_PUBLIC_REPO_REMOTE || candidate?.public_repo_remote || null,
     public_tree_publish: publicTreePublish,
     forgejo_release_url: process.env.CLUSTERFLUX_FORGEJO_RELEASE_URL || null,
     default_hosted_coordinator_endpoint: defaultHostedCoordinatorEndpoint,