diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7470543d9..e8701d01d 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ orbs:
   github-cli: circleci/github-cli@2.6.2
   slack: circleci/slack@5.1.1
 
-
-
-
-
-
 commands:
   install-lfs:
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index bf1bfd271..7fe537287 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,21 +3,31 @@ name: Upload Python Package
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - v*.**
+      - v*
+    branches:
+      - develop
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - develop
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  build_wheels:
+  build-wheels:
     name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest-8, macos-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
 
     steps:
+      - name: Dump GitHub context
+        env:
+          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
+        run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -33,9 +43,9 @@ jobs:
           git branch
           git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
 
+      # TODO: add cbuildwheel cache
       - name: Build release distributions
-        run: |
-          uv build --wheel
+        run: uv build --wheel
         env:
           HATCH_BUILD_HOOKS_ENABLE: true
 
@@ -45,10 +55,9 @@ jobs:
           path: dist/
 
   release:
-    needs: build_wheels
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    needs: build-wheels
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: release
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -56,13 +65,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup backend
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-backend
 
-      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-          aws-region: us-west-1
-
       - name: Download All Artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -70,82 +72,15 @@ jobs:
           merge-multiple: true
           pattern: wheels-*
 
+      - name: Release PyPI
+        run: |
+          export UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD="${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}"
+          export UV_PUBLISH_USERNAME="__token__"
+          uv publish --publish-url https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/ --keyring-provider disabled
+
       - name: Make github release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         with:
           files: dist/*
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
           generate_release_notes: true
-
-      - name: Publish message to slack
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v2.0.0
-        if: success() && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
-        with:
-          webhook: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-          webhook-type: incoming-webhook
-          payload: |
-            {
-              "blocks": [
-                {
-                  "type": "header",
-                  "text": {
-                    "type": "plain_text",
-                    "text": "✅ New codegen-sdk Release Successfully Published! 🚀",
-                    "emoji": true
-                  }
-                },
-                {
-                  "type": "section",
-                  "text": {
-                    "type": "mrkdwn",
-                    "text": "*Version:* ${{ github.ref_name }}\n*Released by:* <${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.actor }}|@${{ github.actor }}>\n\n*Links:*\n• <${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/${{ github.ref_name }}|GitHub Release>\n• <https://pypi.org/project/codegen-sdk/${{ github.ref_name }}|PyPI Package>"
-                  }
-                },
-                {
-                  "type": "context",
-                  "elements": [
-                    {
-                      "type": "mrkdwn",
-                      "text": "<!date^${{ github.event.release.published_at }}^Published {date_num} at {time}|Published just now>"
-                    }
-                  ]
-                }
-              ]
-            }
-
-      - name: Publish failed message to slack
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v2.0.0
-        if: failure() && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
-        with:
-          webhook: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-          webhook-type: incoming-webhook
-          payload: |
-            {
-              "blocks": [
-                {
-                  "type": "header",
-                  "text": {
-                    "type": "plain_text",
-                    "text": "❌ codegen-sdk Release Failed",
-                    "emoji": true
-                  }
-                },
-                {
-                  "type": "section",
-                  "text": {
-                    "type": "mrkdwn",
-                    "text": "*Version:* ${{ github.ref_name }}\n*Attempted by:* <${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.actor }}|@${{ github.actor }}>\n\n*Details:*\n• Failed to publish version ${{ github.ref_name }}\n• <${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}|View workflow run>"
-                  }
-                },
-                {
-                  "type": "context",
-                  "elements": [
-                    {
-                      "type": "mrkdwn",
-                      "text": "Failed at <!date^${{ github.event.release.published_at }}^{date_num} {time}|just now>"
-                    }
-                  ]
-                }
-              ]
-            }