diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-py-rpm.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
similarity index 72%
rename from .github/workflows/release-py-rpm.yml
rename to .github/workflows/release.yml
index 323b220..8b2f768 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-py-rpm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-name: Release Python Based RPM
+name: Release Python Based RPM and Publish to PyPI
 run-name: ${{ github.triggering_actor }} is packaging a release of ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
 on:
-    push:
-        tags:
-          - 'v*' # push events matching e.g. v1, v2.1, v10.0.3
+  workflow_dispatch: # Allow manual triggering of the workflow
+  push:
+      tags:
+        - 'v*' # push events matching e.g. v1, v2.1, v10.0.3
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         permissions:
           contents: write
+          id-token: write
         steps:
 
         - name: Checkout code
@@ -23,6 +25,9 @@ jobs:
           id: build_podman_hpc
           uses: ./.github/actions/build-podman-hpc
 
+        - name: Publish package to PyPI
+          uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@81e9d935c883d0b210363ab89cf05f3894778450 #v1.8.14
+
         - name: Release
           id: release
           uses: softprops/action-gh-release@de2c0eb89ae2a093876385947365aca7b0e5f844 #v1