diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0e2195e2f..9a012d255 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ name: Release
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - '\d+.\d+.\d+(-\w+\.\d+)*'
-  workflow_dispatch:
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*"
 
 jobs:
   release:
@@ -15,34 +14,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           php-version: 7.4
 
-      - name: Read file contents
-        id: release_notes_file
-        uses: andstor/file-reader-action@v1
-        with:
-          path: ./.github/RELEASE.md
-
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
-          body: ${ steps.release_notes_file.outputs.contents }
-          draft: true
-          prerelease: true
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get install -y gettext
 
       - name: Build tarball
         run: make tarball
 
-      - name: Upload Release Asset
-        id: upload-release-asset
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: libretime-${{ github.ref }}.tar.gz
-          asset_name: libretime-${{ github.ref }}.tar.gz
-          asset_content_type: application/tgz
+          body_path: .github/RELEASE.md
+          draft: true
+          prerelease: true
+          files: libretime-*.tar.gz