diff --git a/.github/workflows/deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
index 7c94bcd..068723e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name: Deployment
 on:
   push:
     tags:
+      - 2.0.0a[0-9]+
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
@@ -19,27 +20,18 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install build readme_renderer diraccfg
       - name: Validate README for PyPI
         run: python -m readme_renderer README.rst -o /tmp/README.html
-      - name: Make PEP-440 style release on GitHub
-        id: PEP-440
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
-        run: |
-          TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF##*/}
-          NEW_STYLE=$(python -c "import diraccfg; major, minor, patch, pre = diraccfg.parseVersion('${TAG_NAME}'); print(f'{major}.{minor}.{patch}', f'a{pre}' if pre else '', sep='')")
-          echo "Converted ${TAG_NAME} version to ${NEW_STYLE}"
-          echo ::set-output name=tag_name::"v$NEW_STYLE"
-          echo ::set-output name=target_commitish::"$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-      - name: Publish ${{ steps.PEP-440.outputs.tag_name }} release to GitHub
+      - name: Publish ${GITHUB_REF##*/} release to GitHub
         if: github.event_name == 'push'
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          target_commitish: ${{ steps.PEP-440.outputs.target_commitish }}
+          target_commitish: $(git rev-parse HEAD)
           body_path: release.notes
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.PEP-440.outputs.tag_name }}
-      - name: Get ${{ steps.PEP-440.outputs.tag_name }} tag
+          tag_name: ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+      - name: Get ${GITHUB_REF##*/} tag
         if: github.event_name == 'push'
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
-          ref: ${{ steps.PEP-440.outputs.tag_name }}
+          ref: ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
       - name: Build distributions
         run: python -m build
       - name: Publish package on PyPI
diff --git a/release.notes b/release.notes
index 098bc72..f4b0fa6 100644
--- a/release.notes
+++ b/release.notes
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[2.0.0a2]
+
 [v1r3p3]
 CHANGE: (#83) convert ReadMe to RST
 NEW: (#80) add deployment action