diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e376b299..62341111 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: restore
         run: dotnet restore
-      - uses: nowsprinting/check-version-format-action@v3.2.4
+      - uses: nowsprinting/check-version-format-action@v3
         id: version
         with:
           prefix: 'v'
@@ -53,27 +53,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           args: zip -qq -r ./release.zip ./artifacts
 
-      - name: Create release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1.1.4
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-
-      - name: Upload Release Asset
-        id: upload-release-asset
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: ./release.zip
-          asset_name: release.zip
-          asset_content_type: application/zip
+          prerelease: true
+          files: |
+            release.zip
 
       - name: publish nuget package to nuget.org
         id: publish_nuget