diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-dev-release-to-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-dev-release-to-pypi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47d6d928d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-dev-release-to-pypi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+
+name: Publish dev-release to PyPI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - closed
+
+env:
+  TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+
+jobs:
+  publish-dev-release-to-pypi:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true && (contains(github.event.pull_request.title, 'fix') || contains(github.event.pull_request.title, 'feat'))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up Python 3.12
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.12
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
+          poetry install
+          poetry self add poetry-exec-plugin
+      - name: bump version in pyproject.toml
+        run: poetry exec bump-version
+      - name: publish new version to PyPI
+        run: |
+          rm -rf dist/ build/
+          poetry build
+          poetry publish -u=__token__ -p=${{ secrets.PYPI_DASCHBOT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release-to-pypi.yml
similarity index 62%
rename from .github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
rename to .github/workflows/publish-release-to-pypi.yml
index 1107af021..efbeff844 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release-to-pypi.yml
@@ -1,25 +1,22 @@
 ---
 
-name: Publish to PyPI
+name: Publish release to PyPI
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
+  release:
+    types: [released]
 
 env:
   TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
-  POETRY_HTTP_BASIC_PYPI_USERNAME: __token__
-  POETRY_PYPI_TOKEN_PYPI: ${{ secrets.PYPI_DASCHBOT_TOKEN }}
 
 jobs:
-  publish-to-pypi:
+  publish-release-to-pypi:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-depth: 1
       - name: Set up Python 3.12
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
@@ -28,18 +25,15 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
           poetry install
-          poetry self add poetry-exec-plugin
-      - name: bump version in pyproject.toml
-        run: poetry exec bump-version
       - name: publish new version to PyPI
         run: |
           rm -rf dist/ build/
-          poetry build      # generate distribution package
-          poetry publish    # upload distribution package to PyPI
+          poetry build
+          poetry publish -u=__token__ -p=${{ secrets.PYPI_DASCHBOT_TOKEN }}
 
   notification:
     name: Google chat notification about release and published version
-    needs: [publish-to-pypi]
+    needs: [publish-release-to-pypi]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Send notification to google chat room "DSP releases"
diff --git a/src/dsp_tools/cli/entry_point.py b/src/dsp_tools/cli/entry_point.py
index 7609b9781..814462786 100644
--- a/src/dsp_tools/cli/entry_point.py
+++ b/src/dsp_tools/cli/entry_point.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def _check_version() -> None:
     if latest > installed:
         msg = colored(
             f"You are using DSP-TOOLS version {installed}, but version {latest} is available. "
-            "Consider upgrading via 'pip3 install --upgrade --pre dsp-tools'.",
+            "Consider upgrading via 'pip3 install --upgrade dsp-tools'.",
             color="red",
         )
         print(msg)
@@ -122,10 +122,11 @@ def _get_version() -> str:
     _detail_version = result.stdout.decode("utf-8")
     # _detail_version has one of the following formats:
     # - 'dsp-tools==5.0.3\n'
+    # - 'dsp-tools==5.6.0.post9\n'
     # - 'dsp-tools @ git+https://github.com/dasch-swiss/dsp-tools.git@1f95f8d1b79bd5170a652c0d04e7ada417d76734\n'
     # - '-e git+ssh://git@github.com/dasch-swiss/dsp-tools.git@af9a35692b542676f2aa0a802ca7fc3b35f5713d#egg=dsp_tools\n'
     # - ''
-    if version_number := regex.search(r"\d+\.\d+\.\d+", _detail_version):
+    if version_number := regex.search(r"\d+\.\d+\.\d+(\.(post|dev|pre)\d+)?", _detail_version):
         return version_number.group(0)
     if regex.search(r"github.com", _detail_version):
         return _detail_version.replace("\n", "")