diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 53ce9bf9..be8f2161 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       run: >- 
         python -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/
     - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
       with:
         password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         ANACONDA_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ANACONDA_TOKEN }}
       run: |
-        sleep 5m  # wait for all the PyPi servers to be updated with the latest version of torch-hd
+        sleep 30m  # wait for all the PyPi servers to be updated with the latest version of torch-hd
 
         mkdir ./conda-build  # create the artifact dir
 
diff --git a/torchhd/version.py b/torchhd/version.py
index ee2a33c1..36f0a8ac 100644
--- a/torchhd/version.py
+++ b/torchhd/version.py
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 #
-__version__ = "5.6.0"
+__version__ = "5.6.1"