diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 37403c2..bccd27c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -30,14 +30,15 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GIT_API_TAGGING: false # uses git cli
 
-      # auto releases is not working atm and is deleting releases due branch tags
-      - name: automatic-draft-release
-        uses: marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@v1.2.1
+      - name: automatic-release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2.0.0
         with:
-          draft: true
-          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          title: "${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}: [title-edit-me] by:${{ github.actor }}"
-          automatic_release_tag: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.new_tag }}
+#          draft: true # Can uncomment this if you want to keep it a draft, but I find it more useful to auto-publish the release on each PR merge.
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+#          name: "${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}: [title-edit-me] by:${{ github.actor }}" # Uncomment if you go the draft route, otherwise it defaults to the tag name (i.e. 1.67.0)
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_tag }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          prerelease: false
 
       - name: version-tag-major
         env: