diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-python-grpc-web.yml b/.github/workflows/release-python-grpc-web.yml
index cd42d110f..ded5c1def 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-python-grpc-web.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-python-grpc-web.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           version: '3.20.1'
       - name: Patch package metadata for grpc-web
+        working-directory: ./crates/python
         run: |
           pip install toml
           python crates/python/scripts/patch_package_name.py
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ jobs:
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         version: '3.20.1'
     - name: Patch package metadata for grpc-web
+      working-directory: ./crates/python
       run: |
         pip install toml
         python crates/python/scripts/patch_package_name.py
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ jobs:
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         version: '3.20.1'
     - name: Patch package metadata for grpc-web
+      working-directory: ./crates/python
       run: |
         pip install toml
         python crates/python/scripts/patch_package_name.py
@@ -161,6 +164,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
       - name: Patch package metadata for grpc-web
+        working-directory: ./crates/python
         run: |
           pip install toml
           python crates/python/scripts/patch_package_name.py
diff --git a/crates/python/scripts/patch_package_name.py b/crates/python/scripts/patch_package_name.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89ba88a68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/python/scripts/patch_package_name.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""
+Appends grpc-web to the project name of both Cargo.toml and pyproject.toml.
+
+This is used in CI to update the package metadata before publishing the alternate
+package with the grpc-web feature enabled.
+"""
+import toml
+
+with open("pyproject.toml", "r+") as f:
+    data = toml.load(f)
+    data["project"]["name"] = "qcs-sdk-python-grpc-web"
+    f.seek(0)
+    f.write(toml.dumps(data))
+    f.truncate()
+
+with open("Cargo.toml", "r+") as f:
+    data = toml.load(f)
+    data["package"]["name"] = "qcs-sdk-python-grpc-web"
+    f.seek(0)
+    f.write(toml.dumps(data))
+    f.truncate()