diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_python.yml b/.github/workflows/release_python.yml
index 2d98647fdfe2..4725e223e246 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_python.yml
@@ -68,31 +68,33 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup Rust toolchain
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
-      - uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
+
+        # actions/setup-python@v5 doesn't support this yet
+      - uses: Quansight-Labs/setup-python@v5.3.1
+        if: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
         with:
-          working-directory: "bindings/python"
-          target: "${{ matrix.target }}"
-          command: build
-          args: --release -o dist -i python3.11 --features=pyo3/extension-module,services-all,abi3
-          sccache: true
-          manylinux: auto
+          python-version: "3.13t"
+
       - uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
+        name: build abi3-cp311 wheels
         with:
           working-directory: "bindings/python"
           target: "${{ matrix.target }}"
           command: build
-          args: --release -o dist -i python3.10 --features=pyo3/extension-module,services-all
+          args: --release -o dist -i 3.11 --features=pyo3/extension-module,services-all,abi3
           sccache: true
           manylinux: auto
-      - name: Build free-threaded wheels
-        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
+
+      - uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
+        name: build wheels for cp310 and cp313t
         with:
           working-directory: "bindings/python"
           target: "${{ matrix.target }}"
           command: build
-          args: --release -o dist -i python3.13t --features=pyo3/extension-module,services-all
+          args: --release -o dist -i 3.10 -i 3.13t --features=pyo3/extension-module,services-all
           sccache: true
           manylinux: auto
+
       - name: Upload wheels
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/bindings/python/Cargo.toml b/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
index a2db6361c85d..87f6df2b8e37 100644
--- a/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ services-upyun = ["opendal/services-upyun"]
 services-vercel-artifacts = ["opendal/services-vercel-artifacts"]
 services-yandex-disk = ["opendal/services-yandex-disk"]
 # we build cp311-abi3 and cp310 wheels now, move this to pyo3 after we drop cp310
-abi3 = ["pyo3/abi3-py311"]
+abi3 = ["pyo3/abi3-py311", "pyo3/generate-import-lib"]
 
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
@@ -160,10 +160,8 @@ doc = false
 bytes = "1.5.0"
 futures = "0.3.28"
 # this crate won't be published, we always use the local version
-opendal = { version = ">=0", path = "../../core", features = [
-  "layers-blocking",
-] }
-pyo3 = { version = "0.23.3", features = ["generate-import-lib"] }
+opendal = { version = ">=0", path = "../../core", features = ["layers-blocking"] }
+pyo3 = { version = "0.23.3", features = ["extension-module"] }
 pyo3-async-runtimes = { version = "0.23.0", features = ["tokio-runtime"] }
 tokio = "1"