diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheel.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheel.yml
index 848e5e20d7..589612ca73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheel.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ jobs:
           name: wheel-wasm
           path: './wheelhouse/sourmash*.whl'
 
-
   release:
     name: Publish wheels
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
@@ -88,9 +87,8 @@ jobs:
           path: 'wheels/'
 
       # if it matches a Python release tag, upload to github releases
-      # TODO: In the future, use the create-release and upload-release-assets actions
       - name: Release
-        uses: fnkr/github-action-ghr@v1
-        env:
-          GHR_PATH: ${{steps.fetch_artifacts.outputs.download-path}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: |
+            ${{steps.fetch_artifacts.outputs.download-path}}/wheel-*/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheel_all_archs.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheel_all_archs.yml
index cdb0038df1..4e6a374066 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheel_all_archs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheel_all_archs.yml
@@ -80,9 +80,8 @@ jobs:
           path: 'wheels/'
 
       # if it matches a Python release tag, upload to github releases
-      # TODO: In the future, use the create-release and upload-release-assets actions
       - name: Release
-        uses: fnkr/github-action-ghr@v1
-        env:
-          GHR_PATH: ${{steps.fetch_artifacts.outputs.download-path}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: |
+            ${{steps.fetch_artifacts.outputs.download-path}}/wheel-*/*
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 69d3acb5dc..a9d567db5d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
           sourmash = python.buildPythonPackage ( commonArgs // rec {
             pname = "sourmash";
-            version = "4.8.10";
+            version = "4.8.11";
             format = "pyproject";
 
             cargoDeps = rustPlatform.importCargoLock {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7b3f310617..ce7c1b7069 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build-backend = 'maturin'
 name = "sourmash"
 description = "tools for comparing biological sequences with k-mer sketches"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "4.8.11-dev"
+version = "4.8.11"
 
 authors = [
   { name="Luiz Irber", orcid="0000-0003-4371-9659" },