diff --git a/crates/ruma/Cargo.toml b/crates/ruma/Cargo.toml
index 859f8c98..cefb5449 100644
--- a/crates/ruma/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ruma/Cargo.toml
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ identity-service-api-s = [
 ]
 identity-service-api = ["identity-service-api-c", "identity-service-api-s"]
 
+identifiers-validation = ["dep:ruma-identifiers-validation"]
+
 push-gateway-api-c = [
     "api",
     "dep:ruma-push-gateway-api",
@@ -342,6 +344,7 @@ ruma-appservice-api = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 ruma-client-api = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 ruma-federation-api = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 ruma-identity-service-api = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+ruma-identifiers-validation = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 ruma-push-gateway-api = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/ruma/src/lib.rs b/crates/ruma/src/lib.rs
index a28ff1fd..1aecdca5 100644
--- a/crates/ruma/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ruma/src/lib.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ pub use ruma_signatures as signatures;
 #[cfg(feature = "state-res")]
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use ruma_state_res as state_res;
+#[cfg(feature = "identifiers-validation")]
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use ruma_identifiers_validation as identifiers_validation;
 
 /// (De)serializable types for various [Matrix APIs][apis] requests and responses and abstractions
 /// for them.
diff --git a/xtask/src/release.rs b/xtask/src/release.rs
index 7e97c1d0..bcc3b913 100644
--- a/xtask/src/release.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/release.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ impl ReleaseTask {
         let title = &self.title();
         let prerelease = !self.version.pre.is_empty();
         let publish_only =
-            ["ruma-identifiers-validation", "ruma-macros"].contains(&self.package.name.as_str());
+            ["ruma-macros"].contains(&self.package.name.as_str());
 
         println!(
             "Starting {} for {title}…",