diff --git a/.github/action-common-python-release/action.yml b/.github/action-common-python-release/action.yml
index 2eadd91b..093348dd 100644
--- a/.github/action-common-python-release/action.yml
+++ b/.github/action-common-python-release/action.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ runs:
     run: |
       pip install toml
       python crates/python/scripts/patch_grpc_web.py
-      cargo update
+      cargo update -p hyper-proxy qcs-sdk-python-grpc-web
 
   # must be build or sdist
   - if: inputs.maturin-command == 'build'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-python.yml b/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
index c752afe0..a268edf1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ name: Release Python
 on:
   release:
     types: [published]
+  push:
+    branches: [grpc-web-rc]
   workflow_dispatch:
     description: "Manually publish release"
     inputs:
@@ -13,12 +15,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   is-python-release:
-    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || startsWith(github.event.release.tag_name, 'python/v')
+    if: true || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || startsWith(github.event.release.tag_name, 'python/v')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - run: echo "Release tag starts with python/v, proceeding with release"
   should-publish-wheels:
-    if: (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.publishWheels) || (github.event_name == 'release' && !github.event.release.prerelease)
+    if: true || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.publishWheels) || (github.event_name == 'release' && !github.event.release.prerelease)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - run: echo "Publishing wheels"
@@ -120,8 +122,8 @@ jobs:
         package-name: [qcs-sdk-python, qcs-sdk-python-grpc-web]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-    - name: Publish to PyPI
-      uses: messense/maturin-action@v1
-      with:
-        command: upload
-        args: --skip-existing wheels_${{ matrix.package-name }}/*
+    # - name: Publish to PyPI
+    #   uses: messense/maturin-action@v1
+    #   with:
+    #     command: upload
+    #     args: --skip-existing wheels_${{ matrix.package-name }}/*
diff --git a/crates/lib/src/client.rs b/crates/lib/src/client.rs
index 58600082..994bbd04 100644
--- a/crates/lib/src/client.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/src/client.rs
@@ -22,17 +22,18 @@ pub use qcs_api_client_common::configuration::LoadError;
 pub use qcs_api_client_grpc::channel::Error as GrpcError;
 pub use qcs_api_client_openapi::apis::Error as OpenApiError;
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "grpc-web"))]
 /// A type alias for the underlying gRPC connection used by all gRPC clients within this library.
 /// It is public so that users can create gRPC clients with different APIs using a "raw" connection
 /// initialized by this library. This ensures that the exact Tonic version used for such clients
 /// matches what this library uses.
+#[cfg(not(feature = "grpc-web"))]
 pub type GrpcConnection = RetryService<RefreshService<Channel, ClientConfiguration>>;
-#[cfg(feature = "grpc-web")]
+
 /// A type alias for the underlying gRPC connection used by all gRPC clients within this library.
 /// It is public so that users can create gRPC clients with different APIs using a "raw" connection
 /// initialized by this library. This ensures that the exact Tonic version used for such clients
 /// matches what this library uses.
+#[cfg(feature = "grpc-web")]
 pub type GrpcConnection =
     GrpcWebWrapperLayerService<RetryService<RefreshService<Channel, ClientConfiguration>>>;