diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7f4944c..bbc512d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,30 +23,33 @@ jobs:
         id: get_tag_version
         run: echo "::set-output name=tag_version::${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}"
 
+      - name: Extract tag version without pre-release identifiers
+        id: get_tag_version_clean
+        run: |
+          # This extracts the version number and removes any pre-release identifiers like '-rc1'
+          TAG_VERSION="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}"
+          CLEAN_TAG_VERSION="${TAG_VERSION%%-*}"
+          echo "::set-output name=clean_tag_version::$CLEAN_TAG_VERSION"
+
       - name: Get current package version
         id: get_package_version
         run: echo "::set-output name=package_version::$(poetry version --short)"
 
       - name: Verify versions match
         run: |
-          if [ "${{ steps.get_tag_version.outputs.tag_version }}" != "${{ steps.get_package_version.outputs.package_version }}" ]; then
+          if [ "${{ steps.get_tag_version.outputs.clean_tag_version }}" != "${{ steps.get_package_version.outputs.package_version }}" ]; then
             echo "Error: Tag version does not match the pyproject.toml version"
             exit 1
           fi
 
+      - name: Set version to match the release tag
+        run: |
+          echo "Setting package version to ${{ steps.get_tag_version.outputs.clean_tag_version }}"
+          poetry version "${{ steps.get_tag_version.outputs.clean_tag_version }}""
+
       - name: Publish to PyPI
         env:
           POETRY_PYPI_TOKEN_PYPI: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           poetry build
           poetry publish
-
-      - name: Create GitHub Release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref, '-rc') || contains(github.ref, '-alpha') || contains(github.ref, '-beta') }}
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