diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release-wheel.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-release-wheel.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5f5a250b83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release-wheel.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: Build release wheel
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'release/*'
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      gitref:
+        description: "git tag, commit or branch name for the release"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+        default: 'release/1.8
+
+jobs:
+  build-release-wheel:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+          
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.gitref }}
+      
+      - name: Build PyPi Wheel
+        id: build
+        uses: neuralmagic/nm-actions/actions/pypi_build@main
+        with:
+          dev: false
+          release: true
+
+      - name: Set Env
+        run: |
+          pip3 install --upgrade pip && pip3 install --upgrade setuptools
+          pip3 install virtualenv
+          virtualenv venv
+          source venv/bin/activate
+
+      - name: upload whl
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: success() || failure()
+        with:
+          name: "wheel-sparseml"
+          path: ${{ steps.build.outputs.whlname }}
+          retention-days: 7
+
+      - name: upload tar.gz
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: success() || failure()
+        with:
+          name: "tar-sparseml"
+          path: ${{ steps.build.outputs.tarname }}
+          retention-days: 7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
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--- a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
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@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-name: build-release
-run-name: ${{ github.workflow }} is to create release wheel file for pypi
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - 'release/[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-
-    BUILD-SPARSEML-RELEASE:
-
-      uses: ./.github/workflows/util.yml
-      with:
-        runs_on: ubuntu-22.04
-        run_id: ${{ github.run_id }}
-        build_type: release
-        testmo_project_id: 9
-      secrets: inherit