diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
index 6a3f67845..86cd89bfe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Ion-python release
 
 on:
-  push: # TODO change it to push and enable tags
+  push:
     branches: [ master wheels ]
     tags:
       - "v*.*.*"
@@ -23,32 +23,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create a virtual environment
         run: git submodule init && git submodule update && python3 -m venv ./venv && . venv/bin/activate
 
-#      - run: pip install -r requirements.txt
-#      - run: pip install -e .
-#      - run: py.test
-#     pip install -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ amazon.ion==
-      - name: fetch wheels
-        run: |
-          for (( i=0; i<3; i++ ))
-          do
-            v=""
-            pip install amazon.ion==${GITHUB_REF##*/v} || true
-            v=$( pip show amazon.ion | grep Version )
-
-            if [[ $v == "Version: ${GITHUB_REF##*/v}" ]]
-            then
-              echo "Found desired version: $v"
-              break
-            fi
-
-            sleep 5s
-          done
-
-          if [[ $v != "Version: ${GITHUB_REF##*/v}" ]]
-          then
-            echo "Exiting because unable to install the new version from PYPI"
-            exit 1
-          fi
+      - run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - run: pip install -e .
+      - run: py.test
 
   build-source:
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
@@ -97,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false # TODO change it back to True
       matrix:
         python-version: [ '3.10']
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+        os: [windows-latest, macos-latest]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
@@ -156,19 +133,32 @@ jobs:
           role-external-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_EXTERNAL_ID }}
           role-duration-seconds: 900
 
-      - name: Upload wheels to s3
+#      pip install amazon.ion==${GITHUB_REF##*/v} || true
+      - name: Upload wheels to s3 and check release status
         run: |
           zip ion-python-wheels ./*.whl
           aws s3 mv ion-python-wheels.zip ${{ secrets.AWS_WHEELS_BUCKET_URL }} --acl bucket-owner-full-control
 
+          sleep 300s
+
           for (( i=0; i<3; i++ ))
           do
-            id=$(1)
-            if [[ $id = 1 ]]
+            v=""
+            pip install -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ amazon.ion==${GITHUB_REF##*/v} || true
+            v=$( pip show amazon.ion | grep Version )
+
+            if [[ $v == "Version: ${GITHUB_REF##*/v}" ]]
             then
-               echo "aaaaaaaaaaa"
-               exit 1
+              echo "Found desired version: $v"
+              break
             fi
 
-            sleep 5s
+            sleep 300s
           done
+
+          if [[ $v != "Version: ${GITHUB_REF##*/v}" ]]
+          then
+            echo "Exiting because unable to install the new version from PYPI"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1ae878bc7..f7e75e911 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def run_setup():
 
     setup(
         name='amazon.ion',
-        version='0.9.72',
+        version='0.9.73',
         description='A Python implementation of Amazon Ion.',
         url='http://github.com/amzn/ion-python',
         author='Amazon Ion Team',