diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index e010129..2b19a90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -1,125 +1,105 @@
 name: Release
+
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-    - workflow_release
+      - workflow_release
     tags:
-    - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+'
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-alpha'
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-beta'
 
 jobs:
-  build:
-    name: build
+  build_release:
+    name: build_release
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
+    env:
+      MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: '11.0'
+
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install pypa/build
-      run: >-
-        python3 -m
-        pip install
-        build
-        --user
-
-    - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
-      run: python3 -m build
-    - name: Store the distribution packages
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-      with:
-        name: python-package-distributions
-        path: dist/
-
-  publish-to-pypi:
-    name: Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to PyPI
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
-    needs:
-    - build
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install pypa/build
+        run: python3 -m pip install build
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
+        id: build
+        run: python3 -m build
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Upload the distribution packages
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: python-package-distributions
+          path: dist/
+
+  create_release:
+    name: create_release
+    needs: ['build_release']
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment:
-      name: pypi
-      url: https://pypi.org/project/pasteboard/
     permissions:
-      id-token: write
+      # IMPORTANT: mandatory for making GitHub Releases
+      # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/assigning-permissions-to-jobs#overview
+      contents: write
 
     steps:
-      - name: Download all the dists
+      - name: Download the distribution packages
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
-      - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
 
+      - name: List the distribution packages
+        run: ls -1 dist/*
+        shell: bash
 
-  github-release:
-    name: >-
-      Sign the Python 🐍 distribution 📦 with Sigstore
-      and upload them to GitHub Release
-    needs:
-      - publish-to-pypi
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      - name: Create release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          ref_name='${{ github.ref_name }}'
+          echo "ref_name: $ref_name"
 
-    permissions:
-      contents: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for making GitHub Releases
-      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for sigstore
+          # empty arguments
+          set --
 
-    steps:
-    - name: Download all the dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-      with:
-        name: python-package-distributions
-        path: dist/
-    - name: Sign the dists with Sigstore
-      uses: sigstore/gh-action-sigstore-python@v1.2.3
-      with:
-        inputs: >-
-          ./dist/*.tar.gz
-          ./dist/*.whl
-    - name: Create GitHub Release
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-      run: >-
-        gh release create
-        '${{ github.ref_name }}'
-        --repo '${{ github.repository }}'
-        --notes ""
-    - name: Upload artifact signatures to GitHub Release
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-      # Upload to GitHub Release using the `gh` CLI.
-      # `dist/` contains the built packages, and the
-      # sigstore-produced signatures and certificates.
-      run: >-
-        gh release upload
-        '${{ github.ref_name }}' dist/**
-        --repo '${{ github.repository }}'
-
-  publish-to-testpypi:
-    name: Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to TestPyPI
-    needs:
-    - build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+          # is this a test release, or a real release?
+          if [[ "$ref_name" == 'workflow_release' ]]; then
+            version='v0.0.0-test'
+            set -- "$@" --target '${{ github.sha }}'
+          else
+            version="$ref_name"
+          fi
+          echo "version: $version"
 
-    environment:
-      name: testpypi
-      url: https://pypi.org/project/pasteboard/
+          # is this a pre-release (-rc*, -alpha, -beta, -test)?
+          if [[ "$version" == *"-"* ]]; then
+            set -- "$@" --prerelease
+          fi
 
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for trusted publishing
+          date=$(env TZ=':America/Los_Angeles' date +'%Y-%m-%d')
+          echo "date: $date"
 
-    steps:
-    - name: Download all the dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-      with:
-        name: python-package-distributions
-        path: dist/
-    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to TestPyPI
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-      with:
-        repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+          echo "args: $@"
+
+          set -x
+          gh release create \
+            "$version" \
+            dist/* \
+            --title "$version ($date)" \
+            --draft \
+            --repo '${{ github.repository }}' \
+            "$@"
+        shell: bash