diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0187705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  pypi-publish:
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+    name: Upload release to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/tabulate-slip39
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - name: Build
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install setuptools build
+        python -m build -s
+    - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/HOWTOPUBLISH b/HOWTOPUBLISH
index 29c4545..bd78db2 100644
--- a/HOWTOPUBLISH
+++ b/HOWTOPUBLISH
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # update contributors and CHANGELOG in README
+python -m pip install pre-commit
 python -m pre_commit run -a # and then commit changes
 tox -e py39-extra,py310-extra,py311-extra,py312-extra,py313-extra
 # tag version release
@@ -6,10 +7,9 @@ python -m build -s # this will update tabulate/version.py
 python -m pip install . # install tabulate in the current venv
 python -m pip install -r benchmark/requirements.txt
 python benchmark/benchmark.py  # then update README
-# move tag to the last commit
+# move tag to the last commit: eg.
+git tag v0.10.4
 python -m build -s # update tabulate/version.py
 python -m build -nswx .
 git push # wait for all CI builds to succeed
 git push --tags # if CI builds succeed
-twine upload --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ dist/*
-twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3d0fa9..41f2a94 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 python-tabulate
 ===============
 
+> This is a temporary upgrade shim for https://github.com/astanin/python-tabulate
+
+> Install `tabulate` via `python -m pip install tabulate-slip39`,
+> until the upstream https://pypi.org/project/tabulate is upgraded
+
+
 Pretty-print tabular data in Python, a library and a command-line
 utility.
 
@@ -503,10 +509,10 @@ format:
 >>> print(tabulate(table, headers, tablefmt="asciidoc"))
 [cols="8<,7>",options="header"]
 |====
-| item   |   qty 
-| spam   |    42 
-| eggs   |   451 
-| bacon  |     0 
+| item   |   qty
+| spam   |    42
+| eggs   |   451
+| bacon  |     0
 |====
 
 ```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4144f9b..67c5429 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools>=61.2.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
-name = "tabulate"
+name = "tabulate-slip39"
 authors = [{name = "Sergey Astanin", email = "s.astanin@gmail.com"}]
 license = {text = "MIT"}
 description = "Pretty-print tabular data"
diff --git a/tabulate/__init__.py b/tabulate/__init__.py
index b15d7f0..f491325 100644
--- a/tabulate/__init__.py
+++ b/tabulate/__init__.py
@@ -1623,7 +1623,9 @@ def _normalize_tabular_data(tabular_data, headers, showindex="default"):
     return rows, headers, headers_pad
 
 
-def _wrap_text_to_colwidths(list_of_lists, colwidths, numparses=True):
+def _wrap_text_to_colwidths(
+    list_of_lists, colwidths, numparses=True, missingval=_DEFAULT_MISSINGVAL
+):
     if len(list_of_lists):
         num_cols = len(list_of_lists[0])
     else:
@@ -1646,7 +1648,11 @@ def _wrap_text_to_colwidths(list_of_lists, colwidths, numparses=True):
                 # explicit than just `str` of the object. Also doesn't work for
                 # custom floatfmt/intfmt, nor with any missing/blank cells.
                 casted_cell = (
-                    str(cell) if _isnumber(cell) else _type(cell, numparse)(cell)
+                    missingval
+                    if cell is None
+                    else str(cell)
+                    if _isnumber(cell)
+                    else _type(cell, numparse)(cell)
                 )
                 wrapped = [
                     "\n".join(wrapper.wrap(line))
@@ -2247,7 +2253,7 @@ def tabulate(
 
         numparses = _expand_numparse(disable_numparse, num_cols)
         list_of_lists = _wrap_text_to_colwidths(
-            list_of_lists, maxcolwidths, numparses=numparses
+            list_of_lists, maxcolwidths, numparses=numparses, missingval=missingval
         )
 
     if maxheadercolwidths is not None:
@@ -2261,7 +2267,7 @@ def tabulate(
 
         numparses = _expand_numparse(disable_numparse, num_cols)
         headers = _wrap_text_to_colwidths(
-            [headers], maxheadercolwidths, numparses=numparses
+            [headers], maxheadercolwidths, numparses=numparses, missingval=missingval
         )[0]
 
     # empty values in the first column of RST tables should be escaped (issue #82)
diff --git a/test/test_textwrapper.py b/test/test_textwrapper.py
index 8c0a6cc..02dcc41 100644
--- a/test/test_textwrapper.py
+++ b/test/test_textwrapper.py
@@ -220,3 +220,47 @@ def test_wrap_datetime():
     ]
     expected = "\n".join(expected)
     assert_equal(expected, result)
+
+
+def test_wrap_none_value():
+    """TextWrapper: Show that None can be wrapped without crashing"""
+    data = [["First Entry", None], ["Second Entry", None]]
+    headers = ["Title", "Value"]
+    result = tabulate(data, headers=headers, tablefmt="grid", maxcolwidths=[7, 5])
+
+    expected = [
+        "+---------+---------+",
+        "| Title   | Value   |",
+        "+=========+=========+",
+        "| First   |         |",
+        "| Entry   |         |",
+        "+---------+---------+",
+        "| Second  |         |",
+        "| Entry   |         |",
+        "+---------+---------+",
+    ]
+    expected = "\n".join(expected)
+    assert_equal(expected, result)
+
+
+def test_wrap_none_value_with_missingval():
+    """TextWrapper: Show that None can be wrapped without crashing and with a missing value"""
+    data = [["First Entry", None], ["Second Entry", None]]
+    headers = ["Title", "Value"]
+    result = tabulate(
+        data, headers=headers, tablefmt="grid", maxcolwidths=[7, 5], missingval="???"
+    )
+
+    expected = [
+        "+---------+---------+",
+        "| Title   | Value   |",
+        "+=========+=========+",
+        "| First   | ???     |",
+        "| Entry   |         |",
+        "+---------+---------+",
+        "| Second  | ???     |",
+        "| Entry   |         |",
+        "+---------+---------+",
+    ]
+    expected = "\n".join(expected)
+    assert_equal(expected, result)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9605e79..51f0100 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # for testing and it is disabled by default.
 
 [tox]
-envlist = lint, py{38, 39, 310, 311, 312, 313}
+envlist = lint, py{39, 310, 311, 312, 313}
 isolated_build = True
 
 [gh]
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ commands = python -m pre_commit run -a
 deps =
     pre-commit
 
-[testenv:py38]
-basepython = python3.8
-commands = pytest -v --doctest-modules --ignore benchmark {posargs}
-deps =
-    pytest
-
 [testenv:py38-extra]
 basepython = python3.8
 commands = pytest -v --doctest-modules --ignore benchmark {posargs}