diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0d5bb0c9..337ff436 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -51,47 +51,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: publish dist to pypi
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
 
-  github-release:
-    name: >-
-      Sign the Python distribution with Sigstore
-      and upload them to GitHub Release
-    needs:
-    - publish-to-pypi
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest    
-    permissions:
-      contents: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for making GitHub Releases
-      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for sigstore    
-    steps:
-    - name: Download all the dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: python-package-distributions
-        path: dist/
-    - name: Sign the dists with Sigstore
-      uses: sigstore/gh-action-sigstore-python@v3.0.0
-      with:
-        inputs: >-
-          ./dist/*.tar.gz
-          ./dist/*.whl
-    - name: Create GitHub Release
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-      run: >-
-        gh release create
-        '${{ github.ref_name }}'
-        --repo '${{ github.repository }}'
-        --notes ""
-    - name: Upload artifact signatures to GitHub Release
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-      # Upload to GitHub Release using the `gh` CLI.
-      # `dist/` contains the built packages, and the
-      # sigstore-produced signatures and certificates.
-      run: >-
-        gh release upload
-        '${{ github.ref_name }}' dist/**
-        --repo '${{ github.repository }}'
-
   publish-to-testpypi:
     name: Publish Python distribution to TestPyPI
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c2b3bd61..13e795dd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "ammico"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 description = "AI Media and Misinformation Content Analysis Tool"
 readme = "README.md"
 maintainers = [