diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 96624b347a..a4b5d90d48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -28,19 +28,20 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Create release archive and notes
         run: .github/workflows/create_archive_and_notes.sh
-      - name: Publish wheel dist
-        env:
-          # This special value tells pypi that the user identity is supplied within the token
-          TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
-          # Note, the PYPI_API_TOKEN is for the rules-python pypi user, added by @rickylev on
-          # https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/settings/secrets/actions
-          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
-        run: bazel run --stamp --embed_label=${{ github.ref_name }} //python/runfiles:wheel.publish
+      ##- name: Publish wheel dist
+      ##  env:
+      ##    # This special value tells pypi that the user identity is supplied within the token
+      ##    TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
+      ##    # Note, the PYPI_API_TOKEN is for the rules-python pypi user, added by @rickylev on
+      ##    # https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/settings/secrets/actions
+      ##    TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+      ##  run: bazel run --stamp --embed_label=${{ github.ref_name }} //python/runfiles:wheel.publish
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           # Use GH feature to populate the changelog automatically
           generate_release_notes: true
           body_path: release_notes.txt
+          prerelease: contains(github.ref, "-rc")
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
           files: rules_python-*.tar.gz