diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_build.yml b/.github/workflows/release_build.yml
index 678fc9a8..4d2b47ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_build.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: Release Build
 on:
+  push:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ env:
   RELEASE_PRIVATE_REPOSITORY: 020628701572.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/adot-autoinstrumentation-python
   RELEASE_PRIVATE_REGISTRY: 020628701572.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
   PACKAGE_NAME: aws-opentelemetry-distro
+  ARTIFACT_NAME: aws_opentelemetry_distro-${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-py3-none-any.whl
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write
@@ -37,96 +39,95 @@ jobs:
           package_name: aws-opentelemetry-distro
           os: ubuntu-latest
 
-      # TODO: Add some sort of smoke/integration testing before we go
-      # release the artifacts. adot java for reference:
-      # https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-java-instrumentation/tree/93870a550ac30988fbdd5d3bf1e8f9f1b37916f5/smoke-tests
+      # # TODO: Add some sort of smoke/integration testing before we go
+      # # release the artifacts. adot java for reference:
+      # # https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-java-instrumentation/tree/93870a550ac30988fbdd5d3bf1e8f9f1b37916f5/smoke-tests
 
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials for PyPI secrets
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN_SECRETS_MANAGER }}
-          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
+      # - name: Configure AWS credentials for PyPI secrets
+      #   uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+      #   with:
+      #     role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN_SECRETS_MANAGER }}
+      #     aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
       
-      - name: Get PyPI secrets
-        uses: aws-actions/aws-secretsmanager-get-secrets@v1
-        id: pypi_secrets
-        with:
-          secret-ids: |
-            PROD_PYPI_TOKEN,${{ secrets.PYPI_PROD_TOKEN_SECRET_ARN }}
-            TEST_PYPI_TOKEN,${{ secrets.PYPI_TEST_TOKEN_SECRET_ARN }}
-          parse-json-secrets: true
-
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials for private ECR
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN_ECR_RELEASE }}
-          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_PRIVATE_ECR_REGION }}
-
-      - name: Log in to AWS private ECR
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ env.RELEASE_PRIVATE_REGISTRY }}
-
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials for public ECR
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN_ECR_RELEASE }}
-          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_PUBLIC_ECR_REGION }}
-
-      - name: Log in to AWS public ECR
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: public.ecr.aws
-
-      # The step below publishes to testpypi in order to catch any issues
-      # with the package configuration that would cause a failure to upload to pypi.
-      - name: Install twine
-        run: pip install twine
+      # - name: Get PyPI secrets
+      #   uses: aws-actions/aws-secretsmanager-get-secrets@v1
+      #   id: pypi_secrets
+      #   with:
+      #     secret-ids: |
+      #       PROD_PYPI_TOKEN,${{ secrets.PYPI_PROD_TOKEN_SECRET_ARN }}
+      #       TEST_PYPI_TOKEN,${{ secrets.PYPI_TEST_TOKEN_SECRET_ARN }}
+      #     parse-json-secrets: true
+
+      # - name: Configure AWS credentials for private ECR
+      #   uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+      #   with:
+      #     role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN_ECR_RELEASE }}
+      #     aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_PRIVATE_ECR_REGION }}
+
+      # - name: Log in to AWS private ECR
+      #   uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     registry: ${{ env.RELEASE_PRIVATE_REGISTRY }}
+
+      # - name: Configure AWS credentials for public ECR
+      #   uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+      #   with:
+      #     role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN_ECR_RELEASE }}
+      #     aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_PUBLIC_ECR_REGION }}
+
+      # - name: Log in to AWS public ECR
+      #   uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     registry: public.ecr.aws
+
+      # # The step below publishes to testpypi in order to catch any issues
+      # # with the package configuration that would cause a failure to upload to pypi.
+      # - name: Install twine
+      #   run: pip install twine
       
-      - name: Publish to TestPyPI
-        env:
-          TWINE_USERNAME: '__token__'
-          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ env.TEST_PYPI_TOKEN_API_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          twine upload --repository testpypi --skip-existing --verbose dist/aws_opentelemetry_distro-${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-py3-none-any.whl
-
-      # Publish to prod PyPI
-      - name: Publish to PyPI
-        env:
-          TWINE_USERNAME: '__token__'
-          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ env.PROD_PYPI_TOKEN_API_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          twine upload --skip-existing --verbose dist/aws_opentelemetry_distro-${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-py3-none-any.whl
-
-      # Publish to public ECR
-      - name: Build and push public ECR image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
-        with:
-          push: true
-          context: .
-          file: ./Dockerfile
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-          tags: |
-            ${{ env.RELEASE_PUBLIC_REPOSITORY }}:v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-
-      # Publish to private ECR
-      - name: Build and push private ECR image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
-        with:
-          push: true
-          context: .
-          file: ./Dockerfile
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-          tags: |
-            ${{ env.RELEASE_PRIVATE_REPOSITORY }}:v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+      # - name: Publish to TestPyPI
+      #   env:
+      #     TWINE_USERNAME: '__token__'
+      #     TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ env.TEST_PYPI_TOKEN_API_TOKEN }}
+      #   run: |
+      #     twine upload --repository testpypi --skip-existing --verbose dist/${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+
+      # # Publish to prod PyPI
+      # - name: Publish to PyPI
+      #   env:
+      #     TWINE_USERNAME: '__token__'
+      #     TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ env.PROD_PYPI_TOKEN_API_TOKEN }}
+      #   run: |
+      #     twine upload --skip-existing --verbose dist/${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+
+      # # Publish to public ECR
+      # - name: Build and push public ECR image
+      #   uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+      #   with:
+      #     push: true
+      #     context: .
+      #     file: ./Dockerfile
+      #     platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+      #     tags: |
+      #       ${{ env.RELEASE_PUBLIC_REPOSITORY }}:v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+
+      # # Publish to private ECR
+      # - name: Build and push private ECR image
+      #   uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+      #   with:
+      #     push: true
+      #     context: .
+      #     file: ./Dockerfile
+      #     platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+      #     tags: |
+      #       ${{ env.RELEASE_PRIVATE_REPOSITORY }}:v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
 
       - name: Get SHA256 checksum of wheel file
         id: get_sha256
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          filename="aws_opentelemetry_distro-${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-py3-none-any.whl"
-          shasum -a 256 dist/$filename | awk '{print $1}' > $filename.sha256
+          shasum -a 256 dist/${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }} | awk '{print $1}' > ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}.sha256
 
       # Publish to GitHub releases
       - name: Create GH release
@@ -138,5 +139,5 @@ jobs:
              --title "Release v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" \
              --draft \
              "v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" \
-             dist/aws_opentelemetry_distro-${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-py3-none-any.whl \
-             aws_opentelemetry_distro-${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-py3-none-any.whl.sha256
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+             dist/${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }} \
+             ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}.sha256
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