diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/check.yml
rename to .github/workflows/check.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
similarity index 57%
rename from .github/workflows/release.yml
rename to .github/workflows/release.yaml
index 298e189..c17788c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ on:
   push:
     tags: ["*"]
 
+env:
+  dists-artifact-name: python-package-distributions
+
 jobs:
-  release:
+  build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment:
-      name: release
-      url: https://pypi.org/p/platformdirs
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -23,6 +21,27 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Build package
         run: uv build --python 3.13 --python-preference only-managed --sdist --wheel . --out-dir dist
+      - name: Store the distribution packages
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.dists-artifact-name }}
+          path: dist/*
+
+  release:
+    needs:
+      - build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: release
+      url: https://pypi.org/project/platformdirs/${{ github.ref_name }}
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Download all the dists
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.dists-artifact-name }}
+          path: dist/
       - name: Publish to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.10.1
         with: