diff --git a/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/command_runner.dart b/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/command_runner.dart
index d9118ea8..f0cd739e 100644
--- a/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/command_runner.dart
+++ b/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/command_runner.dart
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import 'package:args/args.dart';
 import 'package:args/command_runner.dart';
 import 'package:cli_completion/cli_completion.dart';
-import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 import 'package:mason_logger/mason_logger.dart';
 import 'package:pub_updater/pub_updater.dart';
 import 'package:shorebird_cli/src/commands/commands.dart';
 import 'package:shorebird_cli/src/version.dart';
+import 'package:shorebird_code_push_api_client/shorebird_code_push_api_client.dart';
 
 const executableName = 'shorebird';
 const packageName = 'shorebird_cli';
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ShorebirdCliCommandRunner extends CompletionCommandRunner<int> {
   /// {@macro shorebird_cli_command_runner}
   ShorebirdCliCommandRunner({
     Logger? logger,
-    http.Client? httpClient,
+    ShorebirdCodePushApiClient? codePushApiClient,
     PubUpdater? pubUpdater,
   })  : _logger = logger ?? Logger(),
         _pubUpdater = pubUpdater ?? PubUpdater(),
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ class ShorebirdCliCommandRunner extends CompletionCommandRunner<int> {
       );
 
     // Add sub commands
-    addCommand(PublishCommand(logger: _logger, httpClient: httpClient));
+    addCommand(
+      PublishCommand(logger: _logger, codePushApiClient: codePushApiClient),
+    );
     addCommand(UpdateCommand(logger: _logger, pubUpdater: _pubUpdater));
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/commands/publish_command.dart b/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/commands/publish_command.dart
index 726a324e..fbeae08d 100644
--- a/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/commands/publish_command.dart
+++ b/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/commands/publish_command.dart
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:args/command_runner.dart';
-import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 import 'package:mason_logger/mason_logger.dart';
+import 'package:shorebird_code_push_api_client/shorebird_code_push_api_client.dart';
 
-/// {@template sample_command}
+/// {@template publish_command}
 ///
-/// `shorebird sample`
-/// A [Command] to exemplify a sub command
+/// `shorebird publish <path/to/artifact>`
+/// Publish new releases to the Shorebird CodePush server.
 /// {@endtemplate}
 class PublishCommand extends Command<int> {
-  /// {@macro sample_command}
-  PublishCommand({required Logger logger, http.Client? httpClient})
-      : _logger = logger,
-        _httpClient = httpClient ?? http.Client();
+  /// {@macro publish_command}
+  PublishCommand({
+    required Logger logger,
+    ShorebirdCodePushApiClient? codePushApiClient,
+  })  : _logger = logger,
+        _codePushApiClient = codePushApiClient ?? ShorebirdCodePushApiClient();
 
   @override
   String get description => 'Publish an update.';
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ class PublishCommand extends Command<int> {
   String get name => 'publish';
 
   final Logger _logger;
-  final http.Client _httpClient;
+  final ShorebirdCodePushApiClient _codePushApiClient;
 
   @override
   Future<int> run() async {
@@ -37,23 +39,14 @@ class PublishCommand extends Command<int> {
       return ExitCode.noInput.code;
     }
 
-    final request = http.MultipartRequest(
-      'POST',
-      Uri.parse('http://localhost:8080/api/v1/releases'),
-    );
-    final file = await http.MultipartFile.fromPath('file', artifact.path);
-    request.files.add(file);
-    final response = await _httpClient.send(request);
-
-    if (response.statusCode != HttpStatus.created) {
-      _logger.err(
-        'Failed to deploy: ${response.statusCode} ${response.reasonPhrase}',
-      );
+    try {
+      await _codePushApiClient.createRelease(artifact.path);
+    } catch (error) {
+      _logger.err('Failed to deploy: $error');
       return ExitCode.software.code;
     }
 
     _logger.success('Deployed ${artifact.path}!');
-
     return ExitCode.success.code;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_cli/pubspec.yaml b/packages/shorebird_cli/pubspec.yaml
index 62341185..5a88de0d 100644
--- a/packages/shorebird_cli/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/shorebird_cli/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,16 +2,19 @@ name: shorebird_cli
 description: The shorebird command-line tool
 version: 0.0.1
 
+publish_to: none
+
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.19.0 <3.0.0"
 
 dependencies:
   args: ^2.3.1
   cli_completion: ^0.2.0
-  http: ^0.13.5
   mason_logger: ^0.2.4
   path: ^1.8.3
   pub_updater: ^0.2.4
+  shorebird_code_push_api_client:
+    path: ../shorebird_code_push_api_client
 
 dev_dependencies:
   build_runner: ^2.0.0
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_cli/test/src/commands/publish_command_test.dart b/packages/shorebird_cli/test/src/commands/publish_command_test.dart
index 01854242..9488eb7b 100644
--- a/packages/shorebird_cli/test/src/commands/publish_command_test.dart
+++ b/packages/shorebird_cli/test/src/commands/publish_command_test.dart
@@ -1,34 +1,27 @@
-import 'dart:io';
-
-import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 import 'package:mason_logger/mason_logger.dart';
 import 'package:mocktail/mocktail.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
 import 'package:shorebird_cli/src/command_runner.dart';
+import 'package:shorebird_code_push_api_client/shorebird_code_push_api_client.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
 class _MockLogger extends Mock implements Logger {}
 
-class _MockHttpClient extends Mock implements http.Client {}
-
-class _FakeBaseRequest extends Fake implements http.BaseRequest {}
+class _MockShorebirdCodePushApiClient extends Mock
+    implements ShorebirdCodePushApiClient {}
 
 void main() {
   group('publish', () {
     late Logger logger;
-    late http.Client httpClient;
+    late _MockShorebirdCodePushApiClient codePushApiClient;
     late ShorebirdCliCommandRunner commandRunner;
 
-    setUpAll(() {
-      registerFallbackValue(_FakeBaseRequest());
-    });
-
     setUp(() {
       logger = _MockLogger();
-      httpClient = _MockHttpClient();
+      codePushApiClient = _MockShorebirdCodePushApiClient();
       commandRunner = ShorebirdCliCommandRunner(
         logger: logger,
-        httpClient: httpClient,
+        codePushApiClient: codePushApiClient,
       );
     });
 
@@ -58,30 +51,18 @@ void main() {
     });
 
     test('throws error when release fails.', () async {
-      const statusCode = HttpStatus.internalServerError;
-      const reasonPhrase = 'something went wrong';
-      when(() => httpClient.send(any())).thenAnswer(
-        (_) async => http.StreamedResponse(
-          const Stream.empty(),
-          statusCode,
-          reasonPhrase: reasonPhrase,
-        ),
-      );
+      const error = 'something went wrong';
+      when(() => codePushApiClient.createRelease(any())).thenThrow(error);
       final release = p.join('test', 'fixtures', 'release.txt');
       final exitCode = await commandRunner.run(['publish', release]);
-      verify(
-        () => logger.err('Failed to deploy: $statusCode $reasonPhrase'),
-      ).called(1);
+      verify(() => logger.err('Failed to deploy: $error')).called(1);
       expect(exitCode, ExitCode.software.code);
     });
 
     test('succeeds when release is successful.', () async {
-      when(() => httpClient.send(any())).thenAnswer(
-        (_) async => http.StreamedResponse(
-          const Stream.empty(),
-          HttpStatus.created,
-        ),
-      );
+      when(
+        () => codePushApiClient.createRelease(any()),
+      ).thenAnswer((_) async {});
       final release = p.join('test', 'fixtures', 'release.txt');
       final exitCode = await commandRunner.run(['publish', release]);
       verify(() => logger.success('Deployed $release!')).called(1);