diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_release.yml b/.github/workflows/test_release.yml
index 6ad6431..8a2b249 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_release.yml
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         coverage run -m --source=./rlskyjo pytest tests 
         coverage xml
-    - name: Upload coverage to Codecov for python 3.8
-      if: ${{ matrix.python == '3.8' }}
+    - name: Upload coverage to Codecov for python 3.9
+      if: ${{ matrix.python == '3.9' }}
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
 
   deploy_docs:
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ jobs:
     name: Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@master
-    - name: Set up Python 3.8
+    - name: Set up Python 3.9
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: "3.9"
     
     - name: Install pypa/build
       run: |
@@ -148,9 +148,11 @@ jobs:
         password: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_API_TOKEN}}
         repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
 
-    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
+    - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
       if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
       with:
-        password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
-        
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+        packages-dir: dist/
+        verbose: true
+        print-hash: true
+