diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi_deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi_deployment.yml
index 4abce5e..86214ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi_deployment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi_deployment.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Set Variables
       if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-      run: echo "RELEASE_NAME=\"Version ${{ github.ref_name }}\"" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      run: echo "RELEASE_NAME=Version ${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@ jobs:
         repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
         skip-existing: true
 
-    - name: Release artifact
-      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-      with:
-        name: ${{ env.RELEASE_NAME }}
-        files: dist/*.whl
-
 
   pypi-publish:
     name: publish to PyPi
diff --git a/scripts/pomdp_py_release.sh b/scripts/pomdp_py_release.sh
index 1d2c4f5..d9cd79b 100755
--- a/scripts/pomdp_py_release.sh
+++ b/scripts/pomdp_py_release.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ find_pxd_files_and_write_manifest ./ MANIFEST.in
 version=$(extract_package_version "$pomdp_py_path/pyproject.toml")
 attempt_count=""
 if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
-    attempt_count="-$1-"
+    attempt_count="-$1"
 fi
 echo $version
 if ! is_git_repo_on_branch $pomdp_py_path dev-$version; then
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ command="auditwheel repair io/dist/${wheel_name} -w /io/wheelhouse/"
 docker run --user $(id -u):$(id -g) --mount type=bind,source=${pomdp_py_path},target=/io $manylinux_image bash -c "$command"
 rm $pomdp_py_path/dist/$wheel_name
 fixed_wheel_name="pomdp_py-${version}-${cpv}-${cpv}-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.$linux_dist.whl"
-fixed_wheel_name_with_attempt="pomdp_py-${version}${attempt_count}${cpv}-${cpv}-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.$linux_dist.whl"
+fixed_wheel_name_with_attempt="pomdp_py-${version}${attempt_count}-${cpv}-${cpv}-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.$linux_dist.whl"
 mv "$pomdp_py_path/wheelhouse/$fixed_wheel_name" "$pomdp_py_path/dist/$fixed_wheel_name_with_attempt"
 rm -r $pomdp_py_path/wheelhouse