diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index e8ebfae270d..f6549c64ed8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run E2E tests
         run: npm run test:e2e
 
-      - name: Publish package
+      - name: Publish netlify-cli package
+        run: npm publish --provenance
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
+
+      - name: Prepare netlify package
+        run: node scripts/netlifyPackage.js
+
+      - name: Publish netlify package
         run: npm publish --provenance
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/e2e/install.e2e.ts b/e2e/install.e2e.ts
index 67e3f4f6c90..502da96837b 100644
--- a/e2e/install.e2e.ts
+++ b/e2e/install.e2e.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ const itWithMockNpmRegistry = it.extend<{ registry: { address: string; cwd: stri
             access: '$all',
             publish: '$all',
           },
+          netlify: {
+            access: '$all',
+            publish: '$all',
+          },
           '**': {
             access: '$all',
             publish: 'noone',
@@ -116,6 +120,20 @@ const itWithMockNpmRegistry = it.extend<{ registry: { address: string; cwd: stri
       cwd: publishWorkspace,
       stdio: debug.enabled ? 'inherit' : 'ignore',
     })
+
+    // TODO: Figure out why calling this script is failing on Windows.
+    if (platform() !== 'win32') {
+      // Publishing `netlify` package
+      await execa.node(path.resolve(projectRoot, 'scripts/netlifyPackage.js'), {
+        cwd: publishWorkspace,
+        stdio: debug.enabled ? 'inherit' : 'ignore',
+      })
+      await execa('npm', ['publish', `--registry=${registryURL.toString()}`, '--tag=testing'], {
+        cwd: publishWorkspace,
+        stdio: debug.enabled ? 'inherit' : 'ignore',
+      })
+    }
+
     await fs.rm(publishWorkspace, { force: true, recursive: true })
 
     const testWorkspace = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), tempdirPrefix))
@@ -135,10 +153,15 @@ const itWithMockNpmRegistry = it.extend<{ registry: { address: string; cwd: stri
   },
 })
 
-const tests: [packageManager: string, config: { install: [cmd: string, args: string[]]; lockfile: string }][] = [
+type Test = { packageName: string }
+type InstallTest = Test & { install: [cmd: string, args: string[]]; lockfile: string }
+type RunTest = Test & { run: [cmd: string, args: string[]] }
+
+const tests: [packageManager: string, config: InstallTest | RunTest][] = [
   [
     'npm',
     {
+      packageName: 'netlify-cli',
       install: ['npm', ['install', 'netlify-cli@testing']],
       lockfile: 'package-lock.json',
     },
@@ -146,6 +169,7 @@ const tests: [packageManager: string, config: { install: [cmd: string, args: str
   [
     'pnpm',
     {
+      packageName: 'netlify-cli',
       install: ['pnpm', ['add', 'netlify-cli@testing']],
       lockfile: 'pnpm-lock.yaml',
     },
@@ -153,35 +177,67 @@ const tests: [packageManager: string, config: { install: [cmd: string, args: str
   [
     'yarn',
     {
+      packageName: 'netlify-cli',
       install: ['yarn', ['add', 'netlify-cli@testing']],
       lockfile: 'yarn.lock',
     },
   ],
+  [
+    'npx',
+    {
+      packageName: 'netlify',
+      run: ['npx', ['-y', 'netlify@testing']],
+    },
+  ],
 ]
 
 describe.each(tests)('%s → installs the cli and runs the help command without error', (_, config) => {
-  itWithMockNpmRegistry('installs the cli and runs the help command without error', async ({ registry }) => {
-    const cwd = registry.cwd
-    await execa(...config.install, {
-      cwd,
-      env: { npm_config_registry: registry.address },
-      stdio: debug.enabled ? 'inherit' : 'ignore',
-    })
+  // TODO: Figure out why this flow is failing on Windows.
+  const npxOnWindows = platform() === 'win32' && 'run' in config
 
-    expect(
-      existsSync(path.join(cwd, config.lockfile)),
-      `Generated lock file ${config.lockfile} does not exist in ${cwd}`,
-    ).toBe(true)
+  itWithMockNpmRegistry.skipIf(npxOnWindows)(
+    'installs the cli and runs the help command without error',
+    async ({ registry }) => {
+      const cwd = registry.cwd
 
-    const binary = path.resolve(path.join(cwd, `./node_modules/.bin/netlify${platform() === 'win32' ? '.cmd' : ''}`))
-    const { stdout } = await execa(binary, ['help'], { cwd })
+      let stdout: string
 
-    expect(stdout.trim(), `Help command does not start with '⬥ Netlify CLI'\\n\\nVERSION: ${stdout}`).toMatch(
-      /^⬥ Netlify CLI\n\nVERSION/,
-    )
-    expect(stdout, `Help command does not include 'netlify-cli/${pkg.version}':\n\n${stdout}`).toContain(
-      `netlify-cli/${pkg.version}`,
-    )
-    expect(stdout, `Help command does not include '$ netlify [COMMAND]':\n\n${stdout}`).toMatch('$ netlify [COMMAND]')
-  })
+      if ('install' in config) {
+        await execa(...config.install, {
+          cwd,
+          env: { npm_config_registry: registry.address },
+          stdio: debug.enabled ? 'inherit' : 'ignore',
+        })
+
+        expect(
+          existsSync(path.join(cwd, config.lockfile)),
+          `Generated lock file ${config.lockfile} does not exist in ${cwd}`,
+        ).toBe(true)
+
+        const binary = path.resolve(
+          path.join(cwd, `./node_modules/.bin/netlify${platform() === 'win32' ? '.cmd' : ''}`),
+        )
+        const result = await execa(binary, ['help'], { cwd })
+
+        stdout = result.stdout
+      } else {
+        const [cmd, args] = config.run
+        const result = await execa(cmd, args, {
+          env: {
+            npm_config_registry: registry.address,
+          },
+        })
+
+        stdout = result.stdout
+      }
+
+      expect(stdout.trim(), `Help command does not start with '⬥ Netlify CLI'\\n\\nVERSION: ${stdout}`).toMatch(
+        /^⬥ Netlify CLI\n\nVERSION/,
+      )
+      expect(stdout, `Help command does not include '${config.packageName}/${pkg.version}':\n\n${stdout}`).toContain(
+        `${config.packageName}/${pkg.version}`,
+      )
+      expect(stdout, `Help command does not include '$ netlify [COMMAND]':\n\n${stdout}`).toMatch('$ netlify [COMMAND]')
+    },
+  )
 })
diff --git a/scripts/netlifyPackage.js b/scripts/netlifyPackage.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b38cdc86aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/netlifyPackage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// @ts-check
+import assert from 'node:assert'
+import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { readFile, stat, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+
+import execa from 'execa'
+
+/**
+ * @import {Package} from "normalize-package-data"
+ */
+
+const packageJSON = await getPackageJSON()
+
+async function getPackageJSON() {
+  const packageJSONPath = resolve('package.json')
+
+  /**
+   * @type {Package}
+   */
+  const contents = JSON.parse(await readFile(packageJSONPath, 'utf8'))
+
+  return {
+    contents,
+    path: packageJSONPath,
+  }
+}
+
+async function preparePackageJSON() {
+  const binPath = Object.values(packageJSON.contents.bin ?? {})[0]
+  if (!binPath) {
+    throw new Error('Did not find a non-empty binary entry in `package.json`, so the `npx` flow will not work.')
+  }
+
+  const newPackageJSON = {
+    ...packageJSON.contents,
+    main: './dist/index.js',
+    name: 'netlify',
+    scripts: {
+      ...packageJSON.contents.scripts,
+
+      // We don't need the pre-publish script because we expect the work in
+      // there to be done when publishing the `netlify-cli` package. We'll
+      // ensure this is the case by throwing if a shrinkwrap file isn't found.
+      prepublishOnly: undefined,
+    },
+    bin: {
+      npxnetlify: binPath,
+    },
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const shrinkwrap = await stat(resolve(packageJSON.path, '../npm-shrinkwrap.json'))
+
+    assert.ok(shrinkwrap.isFile())
+  } catch {
+    throw new Error('Failed to find npm-shrinkwrap.json file. Did you run the pre-publish script?')
+  }
+
+  console.log(`Writing updated package.json to ${packageJSON.path}...`)
+  await writeFile(packageJSON.path, `${JSON.stringify(newPackageJSON, null, 2)}\n`)
+
+  console.log('Regenerating shrinkwrap file with updated package name...')
+  await execa('npm', ['shrinkwrap'], {
+    cwd: dirname(packageJSON.path),
+  })
+}
+
+await preparePackageJSON()
diff --git a/scripts/prepublishOnly.js b/scripts/prepublishOnly.js
index 03f396a7d01..a397a7de118 100644
--- a/scripts/prepublishOnly.js
+++ b/scripts/prepublishOnly.js
@@ -14,22 +14,16 @@ const main = async () => {
   const packageJSONPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'package.json')
   const rawPackageJSON = await fs.readFile(packageJSONPath, 'utf8')
 
-  try {
-    // Remove dev dependencies from the package.json...
-    const packageJSON = JSON.parse(rawPackageJSON)
-    Reflect.deleteProperty(packageJSON, 'devDependencies')
-    await fs.writeFile(packageJSONPath, JSON.stringify(packageJSON, null, 2))
+  // Remove dev dependencies from the package.json...
+  const packageJSON = JSON.parse(rawPackageJSON)
+  Reflect.deleteProperty(packageJSON, 'devDependencies')
+  await fs.writeFile(packageJSONPath, JSON.stringify(packageJSON, null, 2))
 
-    // Prune out dev dependencies (this updates the `package-lock.json` lockfile)
-    cp.spawnSync('npm', ['prune'], { stdio: 'inherit' })
+  // Prune out dev dependencies (this updates the `package-lock.json` lockfile)
+  cp.spawnSync('npm', ['prune'], { stdio: 'inherit' })
 
-    // Convert `package-lock.json` lockfile to `npm-shrinkwrap.json`
-    cp.spawnSync('npm', ['shrinkwrap'], { stdio: 'inherit' })
-  } finally {
-    // Restore the original `package.json`. (This makes no functional difference in a publishing
-    // environment, it's purely to minimize how destructive this script is.)
-    await fs.writeFile(packageJSONPath, rawPackageJSON)
-  }
+  // Convert `package-lock.json` lockfile to `npm-shrinkwrap.json`
+  cp.spawnSync('npm', ['shrinkwrap'], { stdio: 'inherit' })
 }
 
 await main()
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c82e582d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// This is an entrypoint that mirrors the interface that the `netlify` package
+// used to have, before it was renamed to `@netlify/api`. We keep it for
+// backwards-compatibility.
+export { NetlifyAPI, methods } from '@netlify/api'
diff --git a/vitest.e2e.config.ts b/vitest.e2e.config.ts
index c11f9428a12..d70d20380f0 100644
--- a/vitest.e2e.config.ts
+++ b/vitest.e2e.config.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
 export default defineConfig({
   test: {
     include: ['e2e/**/*.e2e.[jt]s'],
-    testTimeout: 600_000,
+    testTimeout: 1200_000,
     // Pin to vitest@1 behavior: https://vitest.dev/guide/migration.html#default-pool-is-forks.
     // TODO(serhalp) Remove this and fix flaky hanging e2e tests on Windows.
     pool: 'threads',