diff --git a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
index 3b7fa0f2d94b3..f78e360b7afd3 100644
--- a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
@@ -6,28 +6,23 @@ steps:
       - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.1.0 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain ."
       - "mkdir artifacts"
       - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
-      # rename the files to change linux -> manylinux1
-      - "for f in artifacts/dist/*.whl; do mv -- \"$$f\" \"$${f/linux/manylinux1}\"; done"
-      - "mv artifacts/dist/$(ls artifacts/dist) artifacts/dist/vllm-1.0.0.dev-cp38-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl"
-      - "aws s3 cp artifacts/dist/vllm-1.0.0.dev-cp38-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl s3://vllm-wheels/$BUILDKITE_COMMIT/vllm-1.0.0.dev-cp38-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl"
-      - "aws s3 cp artifacts/dist/vllm-1.0.0.dev-cp38-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl s3://vllm-wheels/nightly/vllm-1.0.0.dev-cp38-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64.whl"
+      - "bash .buildkite/upload-wheels.sh"
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
 
-  - block: "Build CUDA 11.8 wheel"
-    key: block-build-cu118-wheel
-  
+  # Note(simon): We can always build CUDA 11.8 wheel to ensure the build is working.
+  # However, this block can be uncommented to save some compute hours.
+  # - block: "Build CUDA 11.8 wheel"
+  #   key: block-build-cu118-wheel
+
   - label: "Build wheel - CUDA 11.8"
-    depends_on: block-build-cu118-wheel
+    # depends_on: block-build-cu118-wheel
     agents:
       queue: cpu_queue
     commands:
       - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=11.8.0 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain ."
       - "mkdir artifacts"
       - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
-      # rename the files to change linux -> manylinux1
-      - "for f in artifacts/dist/*.whl; do mv -- \"$$f\" \"$${f/linux/manylinux1}\"; done"
-      - "aws s3 cp --recursive artifacts/dist s3://vllm-wheels/$BUILDKITE_COMMIT/"
-      - "aws s3 cp --recursive artifacts/dist s3://vllm-wheels/nightly/"
+      - "bash .buildkite/upload-wheels.sh"
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
diff --git a/.buildkite/upload-wheels.sh b/.buildkite/upload-wheels.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..541b395eddbe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/upload-wheels.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -ex
+
+# Assume wheels are in artifacts/dist/*.whl
+wheel_files=(artifacts/dist/*.whl)
+
+# Check that exactly one wheel is found
+if [[ ${#wheel_files[@]} -ne 1 ]]; then
+  echo "Error: Expected exactly one wheel file in artifacts/dist/, but found ${#wheel_files[@]}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get the single wheel file
+wheel="${wheel_files[0]}"
+
+# Rename 'linux' to 'manylinux1' in the wheel filename
+new_wheel="${wheel/linux/manylinux1}"
+mv -- "$wheel" "$new_wheel"
+wheel="$new_wheel"
+
+# Extract the version from the wheel
+version=$(unzip -p "$wheel" '**/METADATA' | grep '^Version: ' | cut -d' ' -f2)
+echo "Version: $version"
+
+# If the version contains "dev", rename it to v1.0.0.dev for consistency
+if [[ $version == *dev* ]]; then
+    new_version="1.0.0.dev"
+    new_wheel="${wheel/$version/$new_version}"
+    mv -- "$wheel" "$new_wheel"
+    wheel="$new_wheel"
+    version="$new_version"
+fi
+
+# Upload the wheel to S3
+aws s3 cp "$wheel" "s3://vllm-wheels/$BUILDKITE_COMMIT/"
+aws s3 cp "$wheel" "s3://vllm-wheels/nightly/"
+aws s3 cp "$wheel" "s3://vllm-wheels/$version/"
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