diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish-node.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish-node.yml
index e7359edf8f..a03287eecc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish-node.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish-node.yml
@@ -150,32 +150,43 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Prepare standalone package
         run: |
-          # Create a completely isolated build environment
-          ISOLATED_DIR="/tmp/ant-node-build"
-          mkdir -p "$ISOLATED_DIR/ant-node"
-          mkdir -p "$ISOLATED_DIR/deps"
+          # Create build directory structure
+          mkdir -p build/ant-node
+          cp -r ant-node/* build/ant-node/
           
-          # Copy the main package
-          cp -r ant-node/* "$ISOLATED_DIR/ant-node/"
-          
-          # Copy dependencies
+          # First, copy all workspace members
           for dir in ant-* test-utils evmlib autonomi; do
-            if [ -d "$dir" ] && [ "$dir" != "ant-node" ]; then
-              echo "Copying $dir to deps directory"
-              cp -r "$dir" "$ISOLATED_DIR/deps/$dir"
+            if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
+              echo "Copying $dir to build directory"
+              cp -r "$dir" "build/$dir"
             fi
           done
           
-          # Update the package's Cargo.toml to be standalone
-          cd "$ISOLATED_DIR/ant-node"
-          
-          # Remove workspace references and add empty workspace table
-          sed -i '/^workspace/d' Cargo.toml
-          echo -e "\n[workspace]\n" >> Cargo.toml
-          
-          # Add lints directly to the package
-          cat >> Cargo.toml << EOL
-          [lints.rust]
+          # Create a new workspace Cargo.toml in the build directory
+          cat > build/Cargo.toml << EOL
+          [workspace]
+          resolver = "2"
+          members = [
+              "ant-bootstrap",
+              "ant-build-info",
+              "ant-cli",
+              "ant-evm",
+              "ant-logging",
+              "ant-metrics",
+              "ant-networking",
+              "ant-node",
+              "ant-node-manager",
+              "ant-node-rpc-client",
+              "ant-protocol",
+              "ant-registers",
+              "ant-service-management",
+              "ant-token-supplies",
+              "autonomi",
+              "evmlib",
+              "test-utils"
+          ]
+
+          [workspace.lints.rust]
           arithmetic_overflow = "forbid"
           mutable_transmutes = "forbid"
           no_mangle_const_items = "forbid"
@@ -186,34 +197,46 @@ jobs:
           unused_extern_crates = "warn"
           unused_import_braces = "warn"
 
-          [lints.clippy]
+          [workspace.lints.clippy]
           clone_on_ref_ptr = "warn"
           unicode_not_nfc = "warn"
           uninlined_format_args = "warn"
           unused_async = "warn"
           unwrap_used = "warn"
+
+          [profile.dev]
+          debug = 0
+          strip = "debuginfo"
+
+          [workspace.metadata.release]
+          pre-release-commit-message = "chore(release): release commit, tags, deps and changelog updates"
+          publish = false
+          push = false
+          tag = false
+
+          [workspace.dependencies]
+          backtrace = "=0.3.71"
           EOL
           
-          # Update dependency paths to point to deps directory
-          sed -i 's|path = "\.\./|path = "../deps/|g' Cargo.toml
-          
-          # Display final Cargo.toml for debugging
-          echo "Contents of ant-node Cargo.toml:"
-          cat Cargo.toml
+          # Update all dependency paths to be absolute
+          find build -name "Cargo.toml" -exec sed -i "s|path = \"\.\./|path = \"/home/runner/work/autonomi/autonomi/build/|g" {} \;
           
-          # Create dist directory
-          mkdir -p dist
+          # Display directory structure for debugging
+          echo "Contents of build directory:"
+          ls -la build/
+          echo "Contents of workspace Cargo.toml:"
+          cat build/Cargo.toml
       - name: Build sdist
         uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
         with:
           command: sdist
           args: --out dist
-          working-directory: /tmp/ant-node-build/ant-node
+          working-directory: build/ant-node
       - name: Upload sdist
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: wheels
-          path: /tmp/ant-node-build/ant-node/dist/*.tar.gz
+          path: build/ant-node/dist/*.tar.gz
           if-no-files-found: error
 
   release: