diff --git a/.github/scripts/get_release_version.py b/.github/scripts/get_release_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d464cd9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/get_release_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# This script parses release version from Git tag and set the parsed version to
+# environment variable, REL_VERSION.
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+gitRef = os.getenv("GITHUB_REF")
+tagRefPrefix = "refs/tags/v"
+
+if gitRef is None or not gitRef.startswith(tagRefPrefix):
+    print ("##[set-env name=REL_VERSION;]edge")
+    print ("This is daily build from {}...".format(gitRef))
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+releaseVersion = gitRef[len(tagRefPrefix):]
+releaseNotePath="docs/release_notes/v{}.md".format(releaseVersion)
+
+if gitRef.find("-rc.") > 0:
+    print ("Release Candidate build from {}...".format(gitRef))
+else:
+    # Set LATEST_RELEASE to true
+    print ("##[set-env name=LATEST_RELEASE;]true")
+    print ("Release build from {}...".format(gitRef))
+
+print ("##[set-env name=REL_VERSION;]{}".format(releaseVersion))
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdk_build.yml b/.github/workflows/sdk_build.yml
index d5902fcb..69ce685f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sdk_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdk_build.yml
@@ -16,24 +16,47 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build Projects
-    runs-on: windows-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        configuration: [release, debug]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      NUPKG_OUTDIR: bin/Release/nugets
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Parse release version
+        run: python ./.github/scripts/get_release_version.py
       - name: Setup .NET Core
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
         with:
           dotnet-version: 3.1.100
-      - name: Build solution - ${{ matrix.configuration }}
-        run: dotnet build all.sln --configuration ${{ matrix.configuration }}
-      - name: Test solution - ${{ matrix.configuration }}
-        run: dotnet test test/test.sln --configuration ${{ matrix.configuration }}
-      - name: Generate Nuget Packages - ${{ matrix.configuration }}
-        run: dotnet pack src/prod.sln --configuration ${{ matrix.configuration }} --include-symbols --no-build
+      - name: Build solution - release
+        run: dotnet build all.sln --configuration release
+      - name: Test solution - release
+        run: dotnet test test/test.sln --configuration release
+      - name: Generate Nuget Packages - release
+        run: dotnet pack src/prod.sln --configuration release --include-symbols --no-build
       - name: upload artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
         with:
-          name: ${{ matrix.configuration }}_drop
-          path: bin/${{ matrix.configuration }}/nugets
+          name: release_drop
+          path: ${{ env.NUPKG_OUTDIR }}
+      - name: Publish binaries to github for tags
+        if: startswith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        run: |
+          sudo npm install --silent --no-progress -g github-release-cli
+          
+          # Parse repository to get owner and repo names
+          OWNER_NAME="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY%%/*}"
+          REPO_NAME="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}"
+          
+          # Get the list of files
+          RELEASE_ARTIFACT=(${{ env.NUPKG_OUTDIR }}/*)
+          
+          export GITHUB_TOKEN=${{ secrets.DAPR_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          echo "Uploading Nuget packages to GitHub Release"
+          github-release upload \
+            --owner $OWNER_NAME \
+            --repo $REPO_NAME \
+            --body "Release dapr dotnet SDK v${REL_VERSION}" \
+            --tag "v${REL_VERSION}" \
+            --name "Dapr dotnet SDK v${REL_VERSION}" \
+            --prerelease true \
+            ${RELEASE_ARTIFACT[*]}