diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 91fc823..b5d331b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install poetry
         poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
         poetry install
+
+    - name: Prepare README
+      run: ./scripts/refactor_readme.py README.md
       
     - name: Build package
       run: poetry build
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dbc0365..9336b62 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ ignore = [
     "D105", # docstrings in magic methods
 
     "S101",  # assert statements
+    "S603",  # false-positive subprocess call (https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/issues/4045)
 
     "PLR2004", # "magic" values >.>
     "FBT",     # boolean "traps"
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ line-length = 100
     "D",  # documentation
     "INP001",  # namespacing
 ]
+"scripts/*" = [
+    "T201",  # use of "print"
+    "D",  # documentation
+]
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
diff --git a/scripts/refactor_readme.py b/scripts/refactor_readme.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ea6ac4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/refactor_readme.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""Script to resolve relative URLs in README prior to release."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def main(args: list[str]) -> int:
+    if len(args) < 1:
+        print("No README path supplied.")
+        return 1
+
+    remote_url = (
+        subprocess.run(
+            ["/usr/bin/env", "git", "remote", "get-url", "origin"],
+            check=True,
+            capture_output=True,
+        )
+        .stdout.decode("utf-8")
+        .strip()
+    )
+
+    # Convert SSH remote URLs to HTTPS
+    remote_url = re.sub(r"^ssh://git@", "https://", remote_url)
+
+    readme_path = Path(args[0])
+    readme_content = readme_path.read_text("utf-8")
+
+    new_content = re.sub(
+        r"(\[[^]]+]\()((?!https?:)[^)]+)(\))",
+        lambda m: m.group(1) + remote_url + "/blob/main/" + m.group(2) + m.group(3),
+        readme_content,
+    )
+
+    readme_path.write_text(new_content)
+
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))