diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 60c3f3c..cd39ec0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test-with-coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install dependencies (SCIPOptSuite)
         run: |
           wget --quiet --no-check-certificate https://github.com/scipopt/scip/releases/download/$(echo "v${{env.version}}" | tr -d '.')/SCIPOptSuite-${{ env.version }}-Linux-ubuntu.deb
@@ -42,18 +40,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: true
 
-  Linux-conda-test:
+  linux-conda-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
           activate-environment: test
           allow-softlinks: true
 
-
       - name: Install dependencies (SCIPOptSuite)
         run: |
           conda install -y --prefix $CONDA/envs/test --channel conda-forge scip
@@ -69,6 +64,23 @@ jobs:
           rustup toolchain install nightly  
           RUSTFLAGS=-Zsanitizer=leak cargo +nightly test --features raw
 
+  publish-crate:
+    needs:
+      - linux-conda-test
+      - test-with-coverage
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
+      - name: publish crate
+        uses: katyo/publish-crates@v2
+        with:
+          dry-run: ${{ github.event_name != 'release' }}
+          registry-token: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+
   # TODO: fix windows workflow 
   # Windows-test:
   #   env:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fcce72c..53351a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
-## unreleased
+## untracked
+### Added
+### Fixed
+### Changed
+### Removed
+
+## 0.2.6
 ### Added
  - Added method `set_obj_integral` to allow specifying that the objective value is always integral.
  - Add support for cardinality constraints.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a85f67d..fb51edb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ authors = ["Mohammad Ghannam <mohammad.m.ghannam@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Rust interface for SCIP"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/scipopt/russcip"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 edition = "2021"
 exclude = ["data/test/*"]