diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index 3c61b51..b345d9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
 
   cd:
     # Only run this job if the "ci" job passes
-    needs: ci
+    # needs: ci
 
     # Only run this job if new work is pushed to "main"
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
@@ -62,14 +62,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install package
         run: poetry install
 
-      - name: Use Python Semantic Release to prepare release
-        env:
-          # This token is created automatically by GH Actions
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      # This action uses Python Semantic Release v8
+      - name: Python Semantic Release
+        id: release
+        uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@master
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+
+      - name: Install packaging-related tool
+        run:
+          python3 -m pip install build twine
+
+      - name: Build package
         run: |
-            git config user.name github-actions
-            git config user.email github-actions@github.com
-            poetry run semantic-release publish
+          poetry version $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | sed 's/^v//')
+          python -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/ .
+          ls dist/
+
 
       - name: Publish to TestPyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1