diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index 839d15f9d7..10d06ebb1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ jobs:
   build_wheels37:
     name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    environment: release
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           platforms: all
       - name: Install cibuildwheel
         run: |
-          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.1 
+          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.1 twine
       - name: Build wheels
         run: |
           python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
@@ -44,16 +41,14 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
-      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          packages-dir: wheelhouse/
+      - name: Upload to PyPI
+        run: twine upload ./wheelhouse/*.whl
+        env:
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}
+          TWINE_USERNAME: retworkx-ci
   build_wheels38:
     name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    environment: release
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -71,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           platforms: all
       - name: Install cibuildwheel
         run: |
-          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.1 
+          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.1 twine
       - name: Build wheels
         run: |
           python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
@@ -88,16 +83,14 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
-      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          packages-dir: wheelhouse/
+      - name: Upload to PyPI
+        run: twine upload ./wheelhouse/*.whl
+        env:
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}
+          TWINE_USERNAME: retworkx-ci
   build_wheels39:
     name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    environment: release
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -115,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
           platforms: all
       - name: Install cibuildwheel
         run: |
-          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.1 
+          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.1 twine
       - name: Build wheels
         run: |
           python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
@@ -132,16 +125,14 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
-      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          packages-dir: wheelhouse/
+      - name: Upload to PyPI
+        run: twine upload ./wheelhouse/*.whl
+        env:
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}
+          TWINE_USERNAME: retworkx-ci
   build_wheels310:
     name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    environment: release
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -159,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
           platforms: all
       - name: Install cibuildwheel
         run: |
-          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.1 
+          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.1 twine
       - name: Build wheels
         run: |
           python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
@@ -176,16 +167,14 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
-      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          packages-dir: wheelhouse/
+      - name: Upload to PyPI
+        run: twine upload ./wheelhouse/*.whl
+        env:
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}
+          TWINE_USERNAME: retworkx-ci
   build_wheels311:
     name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    environment: release
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -203,7 +192,7 @@ jobs:
           platforms: all
       - name: Install cibuildwheel
         run: |
-          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.1 
+          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.1 twine
       - name: Build wheels
         run: |
           python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
@@ -220,16 +209,14 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
-      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          packages-dir: wheelhouse/
+      - name: Upload to PyPI
+        run: twine upload ./wheelhouse/*.whl
+        env:
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}
+          TWINE_USERNAME: retworkx-ci
   build_wheels312:
     name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    environment: release
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -247,7 +234,7 @@ jobs:
           platforms: all
       - name: Install cibuildwheel
         run: |
-          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.1 
+          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.1 twine
       - name: Build wheels
         run: |
           python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
@@ -264,7 +251,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
-      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          packages-dir: wheelhouse/
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+      - name: Upload to PyPI
+        run: twine upload ./wheelhouse/*.whl
+        env:
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}
+          TWINE_USERNAME: retworkx-ci
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