diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_package.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_package.yml
index ce5893b9..500cb79c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_package.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ on:
 env:
   MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.11"
   POETRY_VERSION: "2.3.2"
-  PACKAGE_NAME: "VISOR"
+  PACKAGE_NAME: "ansys-visor-viewer"
 
   # For Solutions private PyPI:
   POETRY_HTTP_BASIC_SOLUTIONS_PRIVATE_PYPI_USERNAME: "PAT"
@@ -215,20 +215,43 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload Python package
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: visor
-          path: dist/*.whl
+          name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-artifacts
+          path: dist/
 
-      - name: "Upload artifacts to PyPI"
-        if: (github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v'))
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@ba38be9e461d3875417946c167d0b5f3d385a247 # v1.14.1
+    outputs:
+      package_version: ${{ steps.set_package_version.outputs.package_version }}
+
+  release:
+    name: Release project
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
+    needs: [build]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write # required for release to github
+      contents: write # required to create releases
+    steps:
+      - name: "Download the library artifacts from build-library step"
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-artifacts
+          path: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-artifacts
+
+      - name: "Upload artifacts to PyPI using trusted publisher"
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@dc37677b2e1c63e2034f94d8a5b11f265b73ba33 # v1.14.2
         with:
           repository-url: "https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/"
           print-hash: true
           packages-dir: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-artifacts
           skip-existing: false
 
-    outputs:
-      package_version: ${{ steps.set_package_version.outputs.package_version }}
+      - name: Release to GitHub
+        uses: ansys/actions/release-github@7e89e00c5619374a1da8c2e876309d8b15ff0559 # v11.0.3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
+
+
 
   docker:
     needs: build
diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/70.maintenance.md b/doc/changelog.d/70.maintenance.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71b32f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/70.maintenance.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Prepare for public release
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1f3dfc72..e58bf77f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build-system-version = "1.7.0"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "ansys-visor-viewer"
-version = "1.0.0_dev"
+version = "1.0.dev0"
 description = "\"VISOR 3D visualization web component framework\""
 authors = ["VISOR Team <visor@synopsys.com>"]
 readme = "README.rst"