diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index cf707d0..ac5aa5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,49 +1,12 @@
 name: Release
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
+  push:
     branches:
-      - "master"
-      - "ci"
-      - "[0-9]+.[0-9x]+*"
-    paths:
-      - "uvloop/_version.py"
+      - "debug-release"
 
 jobs:
-  validate-release-request:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: Validate release PR
-      uses: edgedb/action-release/validate-pr@bae6b9134e872166b43d218dd79397c851c41c9a
-      id: checkver
-      with:
-        require_team: Release Managers
-        require_approval: no
-        github_token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        version_file: uvloop/_version.py
-        version_line_pattern: |
-          __version__\s*=\s*(?:['"])([[:PEP440:]])(?:['"])
-
-    - name: Stop if not approved
-      if: steps.checkver.outputs.approved != 'true'
-      run: |
-        echo ::error::PR is not approved yet.
-        exit 1
-
-    - name: Store release version for later use
-      env:
-        VERSION: ${{ steps.checkver.outputs.version }}
-      run: |
-        mkdir -p dist/
-        echo "${VERSION}" > dist/VERSION
-
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@a8a3f3ad30e3422c9c7b888a15615d19a852ae32  # v3.1.3
-      with:
-        name: dist
-        path: dist/
-
   build-sdist:
-    needs: validate-release-request
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     env:
@@ -70,7 +33,6 @@ jobs:
         path: dist/*.tar.*
 
   build-wheels:
-    needs: validate-release-request
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -119,56 +81,3 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: dist
         path: wheelhouse/*.whl
-
-  publish:
-    needs: [build-sdist, build-wheels]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608  # v4.1.0
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 5
-        submodules: false
-
-    - uses: actions/download-artifact@9bc31d5ccc31df68ecc42ccf4149144866c47d8a  # v3.0.2
-      with:
-        name: dist
-        path: dist/
-
-    - name: Extract Release Version
-      id: relver
-      run: |
-        set -e
-        echo version=$(cat dist/VERSION) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        rm dist/VERSION
-
-    - name: Merge and tag the PR
-      uses: edgedb/action-release/merge@bae6b9134e872166b43d218dd79397c851c41c9a
-      with:
-        github_token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        ssh_key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_BOT_SSH_KEY }}
-        gpg_key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_BOT_GPG_KEY }}
-        gpg_key_id: "5C468778062D87BF!"
-        tag_name: v${{ steps.relver.outputs.version }}
-
-    - name: Publish Github Release
-      uses: elprans/gh-action-create-release@master
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        tag_name: v${{ steps.relver.outputs.version }}
-        release_name: v${{ steps.relver.outputs.version }}
-        target: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
-        body: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
-        draft: false
-
-    - run: |
-        ls -al dist/
-
-    - name: Upload to PyPI
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@b7f401de30cb6434a1e19f805ff006643653240e  # v1.8.10
-      with:
-        user: __token__
-        password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-        # password: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_TOKEN }}
-        # repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
diff --git a/uvloop/_version.py b/uvloop/_version.py
index d103e3e..67bc988 100644
--- a/uvloop/_version.py
+++ b/uvloop/_version.py
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 # supported platforms, publish the packages on PyPI, merge the PR
 # to the target branch, create a Git tag pointing to the commit.
 
-__version__ = '0.18.0'
+__version__ = '0.19.0a1'