diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_release.yml b/.github/workflows/test_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2b2cdf02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+name: Test Version Release
+
+on:
+  # push:
+  # branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  RELEASE_DIR: build-release
+
+jobs:
+  build-arm:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    name: Build arm64 on ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    container:
+      image: ghcr.io/romange/ubuntu-dev:20
+      options: --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --sysctl "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0"
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        submodules: true
+    - name: Build artifacts
+      run: |
+            # Work around https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/766
+            git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+            git describe --always --tags ${{ github.sha }}
+            ./tools/release.sh
+            ./tools/packaging/generate_debian_package.sh ${{ env.RELEASE_DIR }}/dragonfly-aarch64
+            mv dragonfly_*.deb ${{ env.RELEASE_DIR }}/
+    - name: Upload
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: dragonfly-aarch64
+        path: |
+          ${{ env.RELEASE_DIR }}/dragonfly-*tar.gz
+          ${{ env.RELEASE_DIR }}/dragonfly_*.deb
+          ${{ env.RELEASE_DIR }}/dfly_bench-*tar.gz
+  build-native:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          # Build with these flags
+          - name: debian
+            container: ubuntu-dev:20
+          - name: rpm
+            container: fedora:30
+    container:
+      image: ghcr.io/romange/${{ matrix.container }}
+      options: --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --sysctl "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0"
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        submodules: true
+    - name: Configure
+      run: |
+          if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
+            dnf install -y rpm-build libstdc++-static
+          fi
+    - name: Build artifacts
+      timeout-minutes: 25
+      run: |
+          # Work around https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/766
+          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+          git describe --always --tags ${{ github.sha }}
+          ./tools/release.sh
+          # once the build is over, we want to generate a Debian package
+          if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
+            ./tools/packaging/generate_debian_package.sh ${{ env.RELEASE_DIR }}/dragonfly-x86_64
+          else
+            echo "Creating package for ${{github.ref_name}}"
+            #./tools/packaging/rpm/build_rpm.sh ${{ env.RELEASE_DIR }}/dragonfly-x86_64.tar.gz ${{github.ref_name}}
+          fi
+    - name: Save artifacts
+      run: |
+          # place all artifacts at the same location
+          mkdir -p results-artifacts
+          if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
+            mv ${{ env.RELEASE_DIR }}/dragonfly-*tar.gz results-artifacts
+            mv dragonfly_*.deb results-artifacts
+          else
+          #ls -l *.rpm
+            ls -lah
+          #mv ./*.rpm ./results-artifacts/
+          fi
+          mv ${{ env.RELEASE_DIR }}/dfly_bench-*tar.gz results-artifacts
+    - name: Upload
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: dragonfly-amd64-${{ matrix.name }}
+        path: results-artifacts/*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0887dfb36..68740e24f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ package:
 		--compress-debug-sections \
 		dragonfly \
 		$(RELEASE_NAME); \
-	tar cvfz $(RELEASE_NAME).tar.gz $(RELEASE_NAME) ../LICENSE.md \
-	mv dfly_bench dfly_bench-$(BUILD_ARCH) \
+	tar cvfz $(RELEASE_NAME).tar.gz $(RELEASE_NAME) ../LICENSE.md; \
+	mv dfly_bench dfly_bench-$(BUILD_ARCH); \
 	tar cvfz dfly_bench-$(BUILD_ARCH).tar.gz dfly_bench-$(BUILD_ARCH)
 
 release: configure build