diff --git a/.github/workflows/publishtestpypi.yaml b/.github/workflows/publishtestpypi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62af66a8bd
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+++ b/.github/workflows/publishtestpypi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: "Publish Artifacts to pypi"
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      GITHUB_REF:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      UBUNTU_VERSION:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      distribution:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+    secrets:
+      PYPI_API_TOKEN: 
+        required: true
+
+
+jobs:
+  publish_artifacts:
+    name: Publish Artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    env:
+      GITHUB_REF: ${{ inputs.GITHUB_REF }}
+      UBUNTU_VERSION: ${{ inputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+      - name: Download Python Packages from Pipeline Artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: plenum-python
+          path: dist
+
+      - name: Publish Python Package to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+          skip_existing: true
+          repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index a24e8466a6..d293c2c626 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -14,4 +14,140 @@ jobs:
       - name: Teststepif
         if: ${{ github.event.release.prerelease == true }}
         run: echo "Prerelease checked true"
+  
+  workflow-setup:
+    name: Initialize Workflow
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      CACHE_KEY_BUILD: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.CACHE_KEY_BUILD }}
+      UBUNTU_VERSION: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
+      # Expose the lowercase version of the GitHub repository name
+      # to all subsequent jobs that reference image repositories
+      # as the push and pull operations require the URL of the repository
+      # to be in lowercase.
+      GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME: ${{ steps.repository-name.outputs.lowercase }}
+      GITHUB_REF: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.GITHUB_REF }}
+      distribution: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.distribution }}
+      isDev: ${{ steps.build-flags.outputs.isDev }}
+      isRC: ${{ steps.build-flags.outputs.isRC }}
+      publish: ${{ steps.build-flags.outputs.publish }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Git checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Convert the GitHub repository name to lowercase
+        id: repository-name
+        uses: ASzc/change-string-case-action@v1
+        with:
+          string: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+      - name: Set outputs
+        id: cache
+        run: |
+          
+          echo "::set-output name=CACHE_KEY_BUILD::${{ hashFiles('.github/workflows/build/Dockerfile.ubuntu-2004') }}"
+          echo "::set-output name=UBUNTU_VERSION::ubuntu-2004"
+          echo "::set-output name=distribution::focal"
+          
+
+          if [[ "${{github.base_ref}}" == 'master' || "${{github.ref}}" == 'refs/heads/master' || "${{github.base_ref}}" == 'main' || "${{github.ref}}" == 'refs/heads/main' ]]; then
+            echo "::set-output name=GITHUB_REF::main"
+          elif [[ ${{ github.event.release.prerelease }} == 'true' ]]; then
+            echo "::set-output name=GITHUB_REF::rc"
+          elif [[ ${{ github.event.release.prerelease }} == 'false' ]]; then
+            echo "::set-output name=GITHUB_REF::stable"
+          else
+            echo "::set-output name=GITHUB_REF::dev"
+          fi
+          # Test output
+          echo "${{steps.cache.outputs.GITHUB_REF}}"
+          
+
+      - name: Set build flags
+        id: build-flags
+        run: |
+
+          if [[ "${{steps.cache.outputs.GITHUB_REF}}" == 'dev' || "${{steps.cache.outputs.GITHUB_REF}}" == 'main' ]]; then
+            echo "::set-output name=isDev::true"
+          else
+            echo "::set-output name=isDev::false"
+          fi
+
+          if [[ "${{steps.cache.outputs.GITHUB_REF}}" == 'rc' ]]; then
+            echo "::set-output name=isRC::true"
+          else
+            echo "::set-output name=isRC::false"
+          fi
+
+          # # Ensure publishing is only performed when the build is executed from the main (hyperledger/indy-plenum) repository.
+          # if [[ ${{github.event.repository.full_name}} == 'hyperledger/indy-plenum' && ${{github.event_name}} == 'push' && ( ${{steps.cache.outputs.GITHUB_REF}} == 'main' || ${{steps.cache.outputs.GITHUB_REF}} == 'rc' || ${{steps.cache.outputs.GITHUB_REF}} == 'stable' || ${{steps.cache.outputs.GITHUB_REF}} == 'dev' ) ]]; then
+          #   echo "::set-output name=publish::true"
+          # else
+          #   echo "::set-output name=publish::false"
+          # fi
+          echo "::set-output name=publish::true"
+
+
+
+  # lint:
+  #   name: Lint
+  #   needs: [workflow-setup]
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Check out code
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@v2
+  #     - name: Set up Python
+  #       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+  #       with:
+  #         python-version: '3.8'
+  #     - uses: actions/cache@v2
+  #       with:
+  #         path: ~/.cache/pip
+  #         key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-lint
+  #         restore-keys: |
+  #           ${{ runner.os }}-pip-lint
+  #     - name: Install flake8
+  #       run: pip install flake8==3.8.4 pep8==1.7.1 pep8-naming==0.6.1
+  #     - name: Lint with flake8
+  #       run: python3 -m flake8 .
+
+
+  build-docker-image:
+    name: Create Builder Image
+    needs: [workflow-setup]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/buildimage.yaml
+    with:
+      CACHE_KEY_BUILD: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.CACHE_KEY_BUILD }}
+      GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME }}
+      UBUNTU_VERSION: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
+
+  # plenum_tests:
+  #   name: Test Plenum
+  #   needs: [workflow-setup, lint, build-docker-image]
+  #   uses: ./.github/workflows/test.yaml
+  #   with:
+  #     GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME }}
+  #     UBUNTU_VERSION: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
+
+  build_packages:
+    name: Build Packages
+    needs: [workflow-setup, build-docker-image]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/buildpackages.yaml
+    with:
+      GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME }}
+      UBUNTU_VERSION: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
+      isDev: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.isDev }}
+      isRC: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.isRC }}
+
 
+  publish_artifacts:
+    name: Publish Artifacts
+    needs: [workflow-setup, build_packages]
+    if: needs.workflow-setup.outputs.publish == 'true'
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/publishtestpypi.yaml
+    with:
+      GITHUB_REF: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.GITHUB_REF }}
+      UBUNTU_VERSION: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
+      distribution: ${{ needs.workflow-setup.outputs.distribution }}
+    secrets:
+      PYPI_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
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