diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index b3535c5..012c6ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -3,28 +3,23 @@ name: Release
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - v*
+      - "v*.*.*"
 
 jobs:
-  create-release:
-    name: Create Release
+  check-release-version:
+    name: Check Release Version
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
     steps:
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          draft: true
-          prerelease: false
+          python-version: "3.x"
+
+      - name: Check tag version against cargo version
+        run: python check_version.py ${{ github.ref_name }}
 
   build:
-    needs: ["create-release"]
+    needs: ["check-release-version"]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -60,7 +55,6 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           echo "PROJECT_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "Version is ${{ env.PROJECT_VERSION }}"
 
       - name: Rust
         run: rustup toolchain install stable-${{ matrix.target }} --profile minimal --no-self-update
@@ -89,24 +83,37 @@ jobs:
             zip ../release.zip *
           fi
 
-      - name: Upload Archive to Release
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{ needs.create-release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: release.zip
-          asset_name: ${{ env.BIN }}-${{ env.PROJECT_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.label }}.zip
-          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
       - name: Upload Archive to Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ env.BIN }}-${{ env.PROJECT_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.label }}.zip
           path: release.zip
 
-  publish:
+  create-release:
     needs: ["build"]
+    name: Create Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Create artifact directory
+        shell: bash
+        run: mkdir gh_artifacts
+
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        id: download-artifact
+        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          path: gh_artifacts
+
+      - name: Create release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          draft: true
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          files: gh_artifacts/*.zip
+
+  publish:
+    needs: ["create-release"]
     name: Publish
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/check_version.py b/check_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff240cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import sys
+
+def main():
+	if len(sys.argv) <= 1:
+		print("missing version argument", file=sys.stderr)
+		exit(1)
+	
+	version = sys.argv[1]
+	cargo_version = ""
+	found_cargo_version = False
+	matched_version = False
+
+	# Find first occurrence of "version = x.y.z" and assume that as the project version:
+	with open("Cargo.toml", mode="r") as cargo_file:
+		lines = cargo_file.readlines()
+		for line in lines:
+			pair = line[:-1].split(sep="=")
+			if len(pair) == 2 and pair[0].strip() == "version":
+				cargo_version = "v" + pair[1].strip()[1:-1]
+				matched_version = cargo_version == version
+				found_cargo_version = True
+				break
+	
+	if not found_cargo_version:
+		print("failed to find cargo version", file=sys.stderr)
+		exit(1)
+
+	if not matched_version:
+		print(f"version mismatch (input: {version} | cargo: {cargo_version})", file=sys.stderr)
+		exit(1)
+	
+	print("versions matched")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	main()