diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-udp-exporter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-udp-exporter.yml
index 314582bf8..f55637f05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-udp-exporter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-udp-exporter.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 name: Release ADOT OTLP UDP Exporter
 
 on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "test-pypi"
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
         description: 'Version number for deployment e.g. 0.1.0'
         required: true
         type: string
+env:
+  AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
 
 jobs:
   build-test-publish:
@@ -74,4 +79,25 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-      # TODO: Steps to publish to PyPI
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials for PyPI secrets
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN_SECRETS_MANAGER }}
+          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
+
+      - name: Get PyPI secrets
+        uses: aws-actions/aws-secretsmanager-get-secrets@v1
+        id: pypi_secrets
+        with:
+          secret-ids: |
+            TEST_PYPI_TOKEN,${{ secrets.PYPI_TEST_TOKEN_SECRET_ARN }}
+          parse-json-secrets: true
+
+      # The step below publishes to testpypi in order to catch any issues
+      # with the package configuration that would cause a failure to upload to PyPI.
+      - name: Publish to TestPyPI
+        env:
+          TWINE_USERNAME: '__token__'
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ env.TEST_PYPI_TOKEN_API_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          twine upload --repository testpypi --skip-existing --verbose dist/${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
diff --git a/exporters/aws-otel-otlp-udp-exporter/pyproject.toml b/exporters/aws-otel-otlp-udp-exporter/pyproject.toml
index bff54cbf7..14854ea67 100644
--- a/exporters/aws-otel-otlp-udp-exporter/pyproject.toml
+++ b/exporters/aws-otel-otlp-udp-exporter/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "aws-otel-otlp-udp-exporter"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.0.1"
 description = "OTLP UDP Exporter for OpenTelemetry"
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = "Apache-2.0"