diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_and_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/release_and_publish.yml
index b18ad0bb..284480ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_and_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_and_publish.yml
@@ -42,41 +42,49 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TEXT: ${{ steps.changetxt.outputs.text }}
       
-      - name: create release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # token is provided by GHA, DO NOT create
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
           body: ${{ steps.changetxt.outputs.text }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-      
-      - name: get asset name
-        run: |
-          export PKG=$(ls dist/)
-          set -- $PKG
-          echo "name=$1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      
-      - name: upload release asset
-        id: upload-release-asset
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+          body_path: ${{ steps.changetxt.outputs.path }}
+          name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing it's ID to get its outputs
-          # object, which include a `upload_url`. See this blog post for more info:
-          # https://jasonet.co/posts/new-features-of-github-actions/#passing-data-to-future-steps
-          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: dist/${{ env.name }}
-          asset_name: ${{ env.name }}
-          asset_content_type: application/zip
+      
+      #- name: create release
+      #  id: create_release
+      #  uses: actions/create-release@v1
+      #  env:
+      #    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # token is provided by GHA, DO NOT create
+      #  with:
+      #    tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+      #    release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
+      #    body: ${{ steps.changetxt.outputs.text }}
+      #    draft: false
+      #    prerelease: false
+      #
+      #- name: get asset name
+      #  run: |
+      #    export PKG=$(ls dist/)
+      #    set -- $PKG
+      #    echo "name=$1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      #
+      #- name: upload release asset
+      #  id: upload-release-asset
+      #  uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+      #  env:
+      #    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      #  with:
+      #    # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing it's ID to get its outputs
+      #    # object, which include a `upload_url`. See this blog post for more info:
+      #    # https://jasonet.co/posts/new-features-of-github-actions/#passing-data-to-future-steps
+      #    upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+      #    asset_path: dist/${{ env.name }}
+      #    asset_name: ${{ env.name }}
+      #    asset_content_type: application/zip
       
       - name: publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
         with:
           user: __token__
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
-