diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index b178c0c6..b2aa011b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -4,14 +4,23 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
 jobs:
-  git-tag-and-release:
+  get-version:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.step1.outputs.v }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Get version number
-        run: |
-          VERSION="$(grep ':Version:' README.rst | awk '{print $2}')"
-          echo "DIST_VERSION=v${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        id: step1 
+        run: echo "v=$(grep ':Version:' README.rst | awk '{print $2}')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  git-tag-and-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: get-version
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: set version number
+        run: echo "DIST_VERSION=v${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Create Tag
         uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
@@ -48,8 +57,22 @@ jobs:
         with:
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
 
+  pypi-public:
+    needs: 
+      - get-version
+      - pypi-release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Wait for PyPi
+        uses: nev7n/wait_for_response@v1
+        with:
+          url: "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/a/anesthetic/anesthetic-${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version }}.tar.gz"
+          responseCode: 200
+          timeout: 600000
+          interval: 10000
+
   aur-release:
-    needs: pypi-release
+    needs: pypi-public
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -63,17 +86,6 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install tomli
       - name: Generate PKGBUILD
         run: python ./bin/gen_PKGBUILD.py > ./PKGBUILD
-      - name: Get version number
-        run: |
-          VERSION="$(cat ./PKGBUILD | grep pkgver= | awk -F= '{print $2}')"
-          echo "DIST_VERSION=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Wait for PyPi
-        uses: nev7n/wait_for_response@v1
-        with:
-          url: "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/a/anesthetic/anesthetic-${{ env.DIST_VERSION }}.tar.gz"
-          responseCode: 200
-          timeout: 600000
-          interval: 10000
       - name: Publish AUR package
         uses: KSXGitHub/github-actions-deploy-aur@v2.7.0
         with:
@@ -83,3 +95,74 @@ jobs:
           commit_username: ${{ secrets.AUR_USERNAME }}
           commit_email: ${{ secrets.AUR_EMAIL }}
           ssh_private_key: ${{ secrets.AUR_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+  conda-release:
+    needs: pypi-public
+    name: Build and deploy to conda
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Conda environment creation and activation
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.11
+          auto-update-conda: false
+          auto-activate-base: false
+          show-channel-urls: true
+      - name: install dependencies
+        shell: bash -el {0}
+        run: conda install grayskull conda-build anaconda-client
+      - name: Generate meta.yaml from grayskull
+        shell: bash -el {0}
+        run: grayskull pypi --strict-conda-forge anesthetic
+      - name: Build and upload the conda packages
+        uses: uibcdf/action-build-and-upload-conda-packages@v1.2.0
+        with:
+          meta_yaml_dir: anesthetic
+          python-version: 3.11
+          user: handley-lab
+          label: 'main'
+          token: ${{ secrets.ANACONDA_TOKEN }} # Replace with the right name of your secret
+
+  conda-build:
+    needs: 
+      - conda-release
+      - get-version
+    name: test installation from conda
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Conda environment creation and activation
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.11
+          auto-update-conda: false
+          auto-activate-base: false
+          show-channel-urls: true
+      - name: install from conda
+        shell: bash -el {0}
+        run: conda install -c handley-lab anesthetic
+      - name: get install version
+        shell: bash -el {0}
+        run: echo "install_version=$(python -c 'import anesthetic; print(anesthetic.__version__)')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: fail if versions not matching
+        if: ${{ env.install_version != needs.get-version.outputs.version }}
+        run: exit 1
+
+  pypi-build:
+    needs: 
+      - pypi-public
+      - get-version
+    name: test installation from pypi
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up Python 3.11
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.11
+      - name: Install from pypi
+        run: pip install anesthetic
+      - name: get install version
+        run: echo "install_version=$(python -c 'import anesthetic; print(anesthetic.__version__)')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: fail if versions not matching
+        if: ${{ env.install_version != needs.get-version.outputs.version }}
+        run: exit 1
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0f05ad0f..577df950 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 anesthetic: nested sampling post-processing
 ===========================================
 :Authors: Will Handley and Lukas Hergt
-:Version: 2.8.7
+:Version: 2.8.8
 :Homepage: https://github.com/handley-lab/anesthetic
 :Documentation: http://anesthetic.readthedocs.io/
 
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ anesthetic: nested sampling post-processing
 .. image:: https://badge.fury.io/py/anesthetic.svg
    :target: https://badge.fury.io/py/anesthetic
    :alt: PyPi location
+.. image:: https://anaconda.org/handley-lab/anesthetic/badges/version.svg
+   :target: https://anaconda.org/handley-lab/anesthetic
+   :alt: Conda location
 .. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/175663535.svg
    :target: https://zenodo.org/badge/latestdoi/175663535
    :alt: Permanent DOI for this release
@@ -72,7 +75,13 @@ Installation
 
     pip install anesthetic
 
-or from the repository
+via conda
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    conda install -c handley-lab anesthetic
+
+or from the github repository
 
 .. code:: bash
 
diff --git a/anesthetic/_version.py b/anesthetic/_version.py
index af815f23..5d4adb16 100644
--- a/anesthetic/_version.py
+++ b/anesthetic/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.8.7'
+__version__ = '2.8.8'