diff --git a/.github/scripts/publish.sh b/.github/scripts/publish.sh
index 50d37b72..82c03498 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/publish.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/publish.sh
@@ -12,19 +12,23 @@ MAJOR=$(cat $VERSION_FILE | grep Major | grep -Eo '[0-9]*');
 MINOR=$(cat $VERSION_FILE | grep Minor | grep -Eo '[0-9]*');
 PATCH=$(cat $VERSION_FILE | grep Patch | grep -Eo '[0-9]*');
 
-LAST_TAG="v$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH";
-if [ "$VERSION_CHANGE" = "MINOR" ]
+LAST_TAG=$(git tag | tail -n 1);
+RC=0;
+if [ "$RELEASE_CANDIDATE" = true ]
+then
+  RC=$(git tag | grep "v$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH-rc" | wc -l | xargs || true); 
+fi  
+if [ "$VERSION_CHANGE" = "MINOR" ] && [ $RC = 0 ]
 then
   MINOR=$((MINOR+1));
   PATCH=0;
 fi;
-if [ "$VERSION_CHANGE" = "PATCH" ]
+if [ "$VERSION_CHANGE" = "PATCH" ] && [ $RC = 0 ]
 then
   PATCH=$((PATCH+1));
 fi;
 if [ "$RELEASE_CANDIDATE" = true ]
 then
-  RC=$(git tag | grep "v$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH-rc" | wc -l || true);
   VERSION="$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH-rc$RC";
 else
   sed -e "s/Minor = [0-9]*/Minor = $MINOR/g" -i $VERSION_FILE
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9234adf2..0b7d0d6c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
-- Topic Writer updated release candidate
+- Topic Writer updated release candidate:
+  * Do not send messages that have a timeout by cancelToken.
+  * If your value serializer throws an exception, this will be wrapped in a WriterException with unspecified status.
+  * Added BufferOverflowRetryTimeoutMs to the next try write.
+  * Rename _disposeTokenSource -> _disposeCts.
+  * Optimize write worker: if (_toSendBuffer.IsEmpty) continue.
+  * On RPC errors create DummyWriterSession.
+  * Message has been skipped because its sequence number is less than or equal to the last processed server's SeqNo.
+  * Calculate the next sequence number from the calculated previous messages.
 
 ## v0.9.0-rc0
-- Topic Writer release candidate
+- Topic Writer release candidate:
+  * Updated CAS semantics for enqueuing in the buffer.
+  * Processed buffer overflow on WriteAsync.
+  * Setting NotStartedWriterSession with a fail reason on RPC and more errors.
+  * New initialization strategy for WriterSession (background task).
+  * Supported cancellation token for sending tasks.
+  * Fixed setting the SeqNo field in the message (in-flight buffer already has a seqNo) and added a check on canceled TCS.
+  * Using BitConverter for Serializer / Deserializer.
 - Fixed: grpc requests go via proxy on Grpc.NET.Client >= 2.44 
 
 ## v0.8.0