diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 8fe6d11..9db5500 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 name: Release
 
+run-name: Release from ${{ github.ref }}
+
 on: [ workflow_dispatch ]
 
 jobs:
@@ -20,6 +22,12 @@ jobs:
           name: dist-release
           path: dist
 
+#      # Allow the same distribution version to be test-published multiple times.
+#      # Useful for prototyping the release process.
+#      - name: Rename wheels with build number
+#        # language=sh
+#        run: for file in dist/*.whl; do mv "$file" "${file//py3/${{ github.run_number }}-py3}"; done
+
       - name: Publish distributions to TestPyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
@@ -43,30 +51,33 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install distribution from TestPyPI
         # language=sh
-        run: pip install --no-deps -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ 6s-bin
+        run: pip install --pre --no-deps -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ 6s-bin
 
       - name: Install dependencies from PyPI
         if: ${{ !contains(matrix.os, 'windows') }}
         # language=sh
         run: |
-          python -m pip install '6s-bin[wrapper]' | tee /dev/tty | grep 'Requirement already satisfied: 6s-bin' > /dev/null
+          python -m pip install '6s-bin[wrapper]' packaging | tee /dev/tty | grep 'Requirement already satisfied: 6s-bin' > /dev/null
 
       - name: Install dependencies from PyPI (Windows)
         if: ${{ contains(matrix.os, 'windows') }}
         # language=sh
         run: |
-          $output = python -m pip install '6s-bin[wrapper]' | Out-String
+          $output = python -m pip install '6s-bin[wrapper]' packaging | Out-String
           Write-Host $output
           exit [int]$($output -notmatch 'Requirement already satisfied: 6s-bin')
 
       - name: Verify that installed distribution version matches tag
+        # TODO find fix for double-quotes being stripped when the below command is run in PowerShell.
+        if: ${{ !contains(matrix.os, 'windows') }}
         # language=sh
         run: >
-          python -c 'import sixs_bin;
-          expected_ref = f"refs/tags/v{sixs_bin.__version__}";
-          actual_ref="${{ github.ref }}";
-          print(f"{expected_ref=} {actual_ref=}");
-          assert expected_ref == actual_ref
+          python -c 'import packaging.version;
+          import sixs_bin;
+          installed_version = packaging.version.parse(sixs_bin.__version__);
+          expected_version = packaging.version.parse("${{ github.ref }}".split("/")[-1].removeprefix("v"));
+          print(f"{installed_version=} {expected_version=}");
+          assert installed_version.release == expected_version.release
           '
 
       - name: Run wrapper test
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7451bed..f3956a0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "6s-bin"
-version = "0.10.0-dev"
+version = "0.11.0-dev"
 description = "Compiled binaries for the 6S Radiative Transfer Model exposed as package resources."
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 authors = ["Brian Schubert <schubert.b@northeastern.edu>"]