diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnetcore-release.yml b/.github/workflows/dotnetcore-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..681bc15d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnetcore-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+name: Build and Publish NuGet Package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup .NET Core
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v2
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: '8.0.x'
+
+      - name: Restore dependencies
+        run: dotnet restore
+
+      - name: Sign and Build Project
+        env:
+          SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          pwsh -File ./deployment/build-signed.ps1 -csprojFilePath './src/RulesEngine/RulesEngine.csproj' -signingKey $SIGNING_KEY
+
+      - name: Create NuGet package
+        run: |
+          # Extract version from the tag
+          VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.ref }} | sed 's/refs\/tags\/v//')
+          # Create the NuGet package with the version from the tag
+          dotnet pack --configuration Release --no-build --output ./nuget_packages /p:PackageVersion=$VERSION
+
+      - name: Publish NuGet package to NuGet.org
+        env:
+          NUGET_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NUGET_API_KEY }}
+        run: dotnet nuget push ./nuget_packages/*.nupkg -k $NUGET_API_KEY -s https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
+
+      - name: Create source code zip
+        run: |
+          git archive -o source.zip HEAD
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Create source code tar
+        run: |
+          git archive -o source.tar.gz HEAD
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: source-archives
+          path: |
+            source.zip
+            source.tar.gz
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: |
+            ./nuget_packages/*.nupkg
+            source.zip
+            source.tar.gz
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/benchmark/RulesEngineBenchmark/RulesEngineBenchmark.csproj b/benchmark/RulesEngineBenchmark/RulesEngineBenchmark.csproj
index 45c7a272..92c37e77 100644
--- a/benchmark/RulesEngineBenchmark/RulesEngineBenchmark.csproj
+++ b/benchmark/RulesEngineBenchmark/RulesEngineBenchmark.csproj
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+	<IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/demo/DemoApp/DemoApp.csproj b/demo/DemoApp/DemoApp.csproj
index b570a1cb..912416d8 100644
--- a/demo/DemoApp/DemoApp.csproj
+++ b/demo/DemoApp/DemoApp.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 		<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
 		<TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
 		<StartupObject>DemoApp.Program</StartupObject>
+		<IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
diff --git a/deployment/build-signed.ps1 b/deployment/build-signed.ps1
index b6c57b43..84460d2f 100644
--- a/deployment/build-signed.ps1
+++ b/deployment/build-signed.ps1
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ param(
 # sign and build the project
 $directory = Split-Path $csprojFilePath;
 $signKeyFile = Join-Path $directory "signKey.snk";
+$signKeyFile = [System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath($signKeyFile)
 
 $bytes = [Convert]::FromBase64String($signingKey)
 [IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($signKeyFile, $bytes)
diff --git a/signing/RulesEngine-publicKey.snk b/signing/RulesEngine-publicKey.snk
index 10341c93..8bc1fb0f 100644
Binary files a/signing/RulesEngine-publicKey.snk and b/signing/RulesEngine-publicKey.snk differ
diff --git a/src/RulesEngine/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/RulesEngine/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 1bda1490..eb3a4c3a 100644
--- a/src/RulesEngine/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/RulesEngine/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 // to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from 
 // COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
 [assembly: ComVisible(false)]
-[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("RulesEngine.UnitTest, PublicKey=0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100c15956b2ac0945c55b69a185f5c3e02276693b0a5e42c8a1f08cb24e03dd87d91f9fa09f79b6b7b3aac4df46f2ea4ce4bfa31920bb0aad9f02793ab29de9fbf40f5ba9e347aa8569128459f31da1f6357eabe6e1308ac7c16b87a4d61e8d1785746a57ec67956d2e2454b3c98502a5d5c4a4168133bfaa431207c108efae03aa")]
+[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("RulesEngine.UnitTest, PublicKey=0024000004800000940000000602000000240000525341310004000001000100112dc71470f95d4d3cbd1c61a2ed2fbc0480d332aa06932c4ac9450b321b94237bd05e592686b78cec721a1d77c4030f9fd357cefbed3296bcb4f91f6724de444684eab5fd59d85faac37fdb8f0d336d975cfbeb8bc309a59dc208822493c19ad5ce0c7c904a32ca45170b50d6b43040b59ca21d4c0d93b7d0b520b82ac313d8")]
diff --git a/test/RulesEngine.UnitTest/RulesEngine.UnitTest.csproj b/test/RulesEngine.UnitTest/RulesEngine.UnitTest.csproj
index ce4be85f..20623c9b 100644
--- a/test/RulesEngine.UnitTest/RulesEngine.UnitTest.csproj
+++ b/test/RulesEngine.UnitTest/RulesEngine.UnitTest.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <SignAssembly>True</SignAssembly>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\..\signing\RulesEngine-publicKey.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <DelaySign>True</DelaySign>
+	<IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="AutoFixture" Version="4.18.1" />