diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 91c70d5..67b8487 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on:
     tags:
       - 'v*'
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write  # Grants write access to the repository contents, including releases and assets
+
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -25,21 +28,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build binary
         run: make build VERSION=${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
 
-      - name: Create GitHub Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+      - name: Create GitHub Release   
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-          release_name: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Upload binary to release
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: ./notify_incident_io
-          asset_name: notify_incident_io
-          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
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+          name: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
+          files: ./notify_incident_io
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