diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ae9e6566f..ae8b5648f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 version: 2
 
 jobs:
+  # All checks on the codebase that can run in parallel to build_library
   sanity:
     docker:
       # We don't use this Rust version but need an image with a Rust environment
@@ -25,11 +26,14 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Run linter
           command: cargo clippy -- -D warnings
+      - run:
+          name: Run unit tests
+          command: cargo test
       - run:
           name: Run shellcheck
           command: find . -name "*.sh" -exec shellcheck {} +
 
-  build_libwasmvm:
+  build_library:
     docker:
       # We don't use this Rust version but need an image with a Rust environment
       - image: circleci/rust:1.47.0-buster
@@ -41,9 +45,6 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Show version information
           command: rustc --version; cargo --version; rustup --version
-      - run:
-          name: Run tests
-          command: cargo test
       - run:
           name: Create release build of libwasmvm
           command: make build-rust
@@ -115,15 +116,53 @@ jobs:
             git commit --allow-empty -m '[skip ci] Built release libraries'
             git push origin $CIRCLE_BRANCH
 
+  deploy_to_github_releases:
+    machine:
+      image: ubuntu-1604:202010-01
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: Install ghr
+          command: |
+            go get github.com/tcnksm/ghr
+            ghr --version
+      - run:
+          name: Build static library for Alpine
+          command: make release-build-alpine
+      - run:
+          name: Debug build results
+          command: ls -l ./api
+      - run:
+          name: Collect artifacts
+          command: |
+            mkdir artifacts
+            cp ./api/libwasmvm_muslc.a artifacts
+      - run:
+          name: Create checksums
+          working_directory: artifacts
+          command: sha256sum * > checksums.txt && cat checksums.txt
+      - run:
+          name: Publish artifacts on GitHub
+          command: |
+            TAG="$CIRCLE_TAG"
+            TITLE="$TAG"
+            BODY="Build artifacts generated at this tag."
+            ghr -t "$GITHUB_TOKEN" \
+              -u "$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME" -r "$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME" \
+              -c "$CIRCLE_SHA1" \
+              -n "$TITLE" -b "$BODY" \
+              -delete \
+              "$TAG" ./artifacts/
+
 workflows:
   version: 2
   build_and_test:
     jobs:
       - sanity
-      - build_libwasmvm
+      - build_library
       - test:
           requires:
-            - build_libwasmvm
+            - build_library
       # This is long running, so only double-check on merge commits
       # ensures that all code works on alpine linux
       - test_alpine_build:
@@ -136,6 +175,9 @@ workflows:
                 - master
       # Run only on master, not on tags (auto-build on merge PR)
       - deploy_to_git:
+          requires:
+            - sanity
+            - test
           filters:
             tags:
               ignore:
@@ -143,3 +185,12 @@ workflows:
             branches:
               only:
                 - master
+      - deploy_to_github_releases:
+          requires:
+            - sanity
+            - test
+          filters:
+            tags:
+              only: /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*/
+            branches:
+              ignore: /.*/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f67694a3..1335c639a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 lib*.a
 
 # artifacts from compile tests
+artifacts/
 muslc.exe
 tmp
 a.out
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 15951ad16..15781428e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ checksum = "aeb1956b19469d1c5e63e459d29e7b5aa0f558d9f16fcef09736f8a265e6c10a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmvm"
-version = "0.12.0-alpha1"
+version = "0.12.0-alpha2"
 dependencies = [
  "cbindgen",
  "cosmwasm-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e474ab7b1..4701a3286 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "wasmvm"
-version = "0.12.0-alpha1"
+version = "0.12.0-alpha2"
 authors = ["Ethan Frey <ethanfrey@users.noreply.github.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Go bindings for cosmwasm contracts"