diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ec8831b..db202a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,15 +4,32 @@ on: workflow_dispatch
 
 jobs:
   pypi-publish:
-    name: upload release to PyPI
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Specifying a GitHub environment is optional, but strongly encouraged
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     environment: release
+    name: build package and upload release to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
       id-token: write
     steps:
-      # retrieve your distributions here
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.11
+
+      - name: Setup venv
+        run: . ./setup_dev_env.sh
+
+      - name: Install build
+        run: python -m pip install -U build
+
+      - name: Bump version as release
+        run: ./bump_version.sh release
+
+      - name: Build package
+        run: |
+          python -m build
 
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1