diff --git a/data-pipeline/src/data_pipeline/data_types/gene.py b/data-pipeline/src/data_pipeline/data_types/gene.py
index 958484be7..97940403a 100644
--- a/data-pipeline/src/data_pipeline/data_types/gene.py
+++ b/data-pipeline/src/data_pipeline/data_types/gene.py
@@ -226,6 +226,12 @@ def import_hgnc(path):
     return ds
 
 
+def prepare_table_for_release(genes_path):
+    ds = hl.import_table(genes_path)
+    ds = ds.select_globals()
+    return ds
+
+
 def prepare_genes(gencode_path, hgnc_path, reference_genome):
     genes = import_gencode(gencode_path, reference_genome)
 
diff --git a/data-pipeline/src/data_pipeline/pipelines/genes.py b/data-pipeline/src/data_pipeline/pipelines/genes.py
index 2968c0260..76a0b12f3 100644
--- a/data-pipeline/src/data_pipeline/pipelines/genes.py
+++ b/data-pipeline/src/data_pipeline/pipelines/genes.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from data_pipeline.helpers import annotate_table
 
-from data_pipeline.data_types.gene import prepare_genes
+from data_pipeline.data_types.gene import prepare_genes, prepare_table_for_release
 from data_pipeline.data_types.canonical_transcript import get_canonical_transcripts
 from data_pipeline.data_types.mane_select_transcript import import_mane_select_transcripts
 from data_pipeline.data_types.transcript import (
@@ -322,6 +322,15 @@ def annotate_with_preferred_transcript(table_path):
     },
 )
 
+pipeline.add_task(
+    "prepare_grch37_genes_table_for_public_release",
+    prepare_table_for_release,
+    f"/{genes_subdir}/genes_grch37_public_release.ht",
+    {
+        "genes_path": pipeline.get_task("annotate_grch37_genes_step_5"),
+    },
+)
+
 pipeline.add_task(
     "annotate_grch38_genes_step_1",
     annotate_table,
@@ -385,6 +394,16 @@ def annotate_with_constraint(genes_path, constraint_path):
     },
 )
 
+
+pipeline.add_task(
+    "prepare_grch38_genes_table_for_public_release",
+    prepare_table_for_release,
+    f"/{genes_subdir}/genes_grch38_public_release.ht",
+    {
+        "genes_path": pipeline.get_task("remove_constraint_for_release"),
+    },
+)
+
 ###############################################
 # Extract transcripts
 ###############################################