diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0762086..339c284 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -43,12 +43,40 @@ jobs:
           build*/**/bin
           build*/**/fortran
 
+  # build wheels only for cpython versions 3.8-3.12 on linux and windows 64-bits
+  python_build:
+    name: Build ittapi wheels
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            cibw_skip_args: "*_i686 *-musllinux_* cp313-*"
+          - os: windows-latest
+            cibw_skip_args: "*-win32 *_i686 cp313-*"
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - name: Install cibuildwheels
+        run: python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.20.0
+      - name: Build ittapi python wheels
+        run: python -m cibuildwheel python --output-dir python_dist/${{ runner.os }}
+        env:
+          CIBW_BUILD: cp3*
+          CIBW_SKIP: ${{ matrix.cibw_skip_args }}
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@26f96dfa697d77e81fd5907df203aa23a56210a8 # v4.3.0
+        with:
+          name: build-artifacts-python-${{ matrix.os }}
+          path: python_dist*/**
+
   create_release:
     permissions:
       contents: write  # for actions/create-release to create a release
     name: Create release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
+    needs: [build, python_build]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
@@ -74,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             zip -r ittapi_build_${{ github.ref_name }}.zip include &&
             cd build-artifacts &&
-            zip -rg ../ittapi_build_${{ github.ref_name }}.zip build*/**/bin build*/**/fortran &&
+            zip -rg ../ittapi_build_${{ github.ref_name }}.zip build*/**/bin build*/**/fortran python_dist &&
             cd -
       - name: Upload release asset
         id: upload-release-asset