diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_wheels.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9e5483e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_wheels.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Neurodamus Wheels
+
+on: [pull_request, push, workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  wheel:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python_version: [3.11]
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 500
+          fetch-tags: true
+      - name: Build Wheel
+        run: |
+          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+          python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install --upgrade build
+          # build wheel
+          python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m build .
+      - name: Test Wheel
+        run: |
+          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+          pip3 install tox
+          DIST_FILE=`ls dist/*whl` && tox --installpkg=$DIST_FILE -e ${{ matrix.python_version }}
+      - name: Upload Wheel
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+        env:
+            PYPI_URL: ${{ secrets.PYPI_URL }}
+            PYPI_USER: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USER }}
+            PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          pip3 install twine
+          python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m twine upload --username $PYPI_USER --password $PYPI_TOKEN dist/*
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 39140d52..da80065c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "libsonata",
     "psutil"
 ]
+requires-python=">=3.9"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 plotting=['matplotlib'] # only for Neurodamus HL API
@@ -39,14 +40,12 @@ Tracker = "https://github.com/BlueBrain/neurodamus/issues"
 exclude=["tests"]
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
+local_scheme = "no-local-version"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = "--verbose"
 markers = ["slow: marks tests as slow"]
 
-[tool.distutils.bdist_wheel]
-universal = 1
-
 [tool.flake8]
 exclude = [".*", "__pycache__", ".eggs", "*.egg", "build", "dist", "docs", "venv", "*.egg-info", "_benchmarks", "core"]
 extend-ignore = ["E127", "E221", "E226", "E701", "W503", "W504", "E731", "PT001", "PT023"]