diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a19c80af..d4a3c816 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,21 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package@v2
         id: build_dist
       - name: determine tag
         run: echo "tag=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\/v/}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - name: debug dist
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          echo "dist=${{ steps.build_dist.outputs.dist }}"
+          ls -l ${{ steps.build_dist.outputs.dist }}
+          mkdir -p dist
+          cp ${{ steps.build_dist.outputs.dist }}/*.whl ./dist/
+          cp ${{ steps.build_dist.outputs.dist }}/*.gz ./dist/
+
       - name: Create Release
         uses: "softprops/action-gh-release@v2"
         if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
@@ -31,10 +42,9 @@ jobs:
           draft: false
           prerelease: ${{ contains(env.tag, 'rc') || contains(env.tag, 'a') || contains(env.tag, 'b') }}
           target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
-          files: ${{ steps.build_dist.outputs.dist }}
+          files: dist/*
       - name: Publish PyPI Package
         if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           password: ${{ secrets.TWINE_API_KEY }}
-          packages-dir: ${{ steps.build_dist.outputs.dist }}