diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yaml
index 6863fe574..a0c752e78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Release Python
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [release/*]
+    branches: [ release/* ]
 
 jobs:
   release:
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
-      - uses: cucumber/action-publish-pypi@v3.0.0
+
+      - name: Show Python version
+        run: python --version
+
+      - name: Build package
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install build twine
+          python -m build
+          twine check --strict dist/*
+
+      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
-          working-directory: "python"
+          packages-dir: python/dist