diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f7e8697..30791c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,26 +24,3 @@ jobs:
           project_path: ${{ env.SLN }}
           set_check_status_from_test_outcome: true
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-  binaries:
-    needs: build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
-    name: create standalone binaries
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        rid:
-          - win-x64
-          - linux-x64
-          - osx-x64
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
-        with:
-          dotnet-version: "5.0.x"
-      - name: Create the self-contained binary
-        run: dotnet build --configuration Release "${APP}" -r ${{ matrix.rid }} -o out/${{ matrix.rid }}
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: ${{ matrix.rid }} binary
-          path: out/${{ matrix.rid }}/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2bcfbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+env:
+  APP: "./src/XlsxCompare"
+
+jobs:
+  verify_commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Verify commit exists in origin/main
+        run: |
+          git fetch --no-tags --prune --depth=1 origin +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
+          git branch --remote --contains | grep origin/main
+
+  binaries:
+    needs: verify_commit
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: create standalone binaries
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        rid:
+          - win-x64
+          - linux-x64
+          - osx-x64
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: "5.0.x"
+      - name: Create the self-contained binary
+        run: dotnet publish --configuration Release "${APP}" -r ${{ matrix.rid }} -o out/${{ matrix.rid }} --self-contained true
+      - name: rename so the release can have a flat list of files
+        run: cp out/${{ matrix.rid }}/XlsxCompare XlsxCompare-${{ matrix.rid }} || cp out/${{ matrix.rid }}/XlsxCompare.exe XlsxCompare-${{ matrix.rid }}.exe
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.rid }} binary
+          path: XlsxCompare*
+
+  release:
+    needs: binaries
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: download all binaries
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: "marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@v1.1.1"
+        with:
+          repo_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          prerelease: false
+          files: |
+            **/XlsxCompare*
diff --git a/src/XlsxCompare/XlsxCompare.csproj b/src/XlsxCompare/XlsxCompare.csproj
index b853c30..b249850 100644
--- a/src/XlsxCompare/XlsxCompare.csproj
+++ b/src/XlsxCompare/XlsxCompare.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
     <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
-    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
     <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
     <IncludeAllContentForSelfExtract>true</IncludeAllContentForSelfExtract>
     <DebugType>embedded</DebugType>