diff --git a/.github/actions/nm-cp-assets/action.yml b/.github/actions/nm-cp-assets/action.yml
index b4957d30d3b25..cf67aaa49e3f6 100644
--- a/.github/actions/nm-cp-assets/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/nm-cp-assets/action.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 name: cp assets
 description: "cp whl and tarfile to Google storage 'neuralmagic-public-pypi/dist'"
+inputs:
+  whl:
+    description: "the wheel asset file path"
+    required: true
+  targz:
+    description: "the tar.gz asset file path"
+    required: true
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
     - id: cp_assets
       run: |
-        WHL=$(find assets -type f -name "*nm_vllm*.whl")
-        WHL_FILE=$(basename ${WHL})
-        echo "whl: ${WHL}"
-        echo "whl_file: ${WHL_FILE}"
-        TAR=$(find assets -path "*nm-vllm*.tar.gz" -type f -name "nm-vllm*.tar.gz")
-        TAR_FILE=$(basename ${TAR})
-        echo "tar: ${TAR}"
-        echo "tar_file: ${TAR_FILE}"
-        gcloud storage cp ${WHL} gs://neuralmagic-public-pypi/dist/${WHL_FILE}
-        gcloud storage cp ${TAR} gs://neuralmagic-public-pypi/dist/${TAR_FILE}
+        gcloud storage cp ${WHL} gs://neuralmagic-public-pypi/dist/${{ inputs.whl }}
+        gcloud storage cp ${TAR} gs://neuralmagic-public-pypi/dist/${{ inputs.targz }}
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/actions/nm_whl_tar_gz_names/action.yml b/.github/actions/nm_whl_tar_gz_names/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aa23c2bba00a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/nm_whl_tar_gz_names/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: get wheel and tar.gz names
+description: "retrieve the whl and tarfile names from existing assets"
+outputs:
+  whl:
+    description: "the wheel asset file path"
+    value: ${{ steps.whl_targz_names.outputs.whl }}
+  targz:
+    description: "the tar.gz asset file path"
+    value: ${{ steps.whl_targz_names.outputs.targz }}
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - id: whl_targz_names
+      run: |
+        WHL=$(find assets -type f -name "*nm_vllm*.whl")
+        WHL_FILE=$(basename ${WHL})
+        echo "whl: ${WHL}"
+        echo "whl_file: ${WHL_FILE}"
+        TAR=$(find assets -path "*nm-vllm*.tar.gz" -type f -name "nm-vllm*.tar.gz")
+        TAR_FILE=$(basename ${TAR})
+        echo "tar: ${TAR}"
+        echo "tar_file: ${TAR_FILE}"
+        echo "whl=${WHL_FILE}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "targz=${TAR_FILE}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nm-build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/nm-build-test.yml
index 8884bc3dc4a39..1b812368c650c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nm-build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nm-build-test.yml
@@ -167,11 +167,12 @@ jobs:
     UPLOAD:
         needs: [TEST, BENCHMARK, LM-EVAL]
         if: ${{ inputs.push_to_pypi }}
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/nm-upload-assets-to-gcp.yml
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/nm-upload-assets.yml
         with:
             label: gcp-k8s-util
             timeout: ${{ inputs.build_timeout }}
             gitref: ${{ github.ref }}
+            wf_category: ${{ inputs.wf_category }}
         secrets: inherit
 
     # update docker
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nm-upload-assets-to-gcp.yml b/.github/workflows/nm-upload-assets.yml
similarity index 66%
rename from .github/workflows/nm-upload-assets-to-gcp.yml
rename to .github/workflows/nm-upload-assets.yml
index 6c2c43b995dce..2b75316a38575 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nm-upload-assets-to-gcp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nm-upload-assets.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ on:
                 description: 'git commit hash or branch name'
                 type: string
                 required: true
+            wf_category:
+                description: "workflow category: REMOTE, NIGHTLY, RELEASE"
+                type: string
+                default: "REMOTE"
 
     workflow_dispatch:
         inputs:
@@ -31,6 +35,10 @@ on:
                 description: 'git commit hash or branch name'
                 type: string
                 required: true
+            wf_category:
+                description: "workflow category: REMOTE, NIGHTLY, RELEASE"
+                type: string
+                default: "REMOTE"
 
 jobs:
 
@@ -68,6 +76,30 @@ jobs:
               with:
                   path: assets
 
+            - name: get wheel and tar.gz names
+              id: whl_targz_names
+              uses: ./.github/actions/nm_whl_tar_gz_names
+
+            # this workflow is only run if push-to-pypi is True, and we only
+            # want to push RELEASE assets to the external pypi.org
+            # publish the wheel file
+            - name: push wheel to pypi.org
+              if: ${{ inputs.wf_category == "RELEASE" }}
+              uses: neuralmagic/nm-actions/actions/publish_whl/action.yml@v1.0.0
+              with:
+                username: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_USER }}
+                password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_AUTH }}
+                whl: ${{ steps.whl_targz_names.outputs.whl }}
+
+            # publish the tar.gz file
+            - name: push tar.gz to pypi.org
+              if: ${{ inputs.wf_category == "RELEASE" }}
+              uses: neuralmagic/nm-actions/actions/publish_whl/action.yml@v1.0.0
+              with:
+                username: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_USER }}
+                password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_AUTH }}
+                whl: ${{ steps.whl_targz_names.outputs.targz }}
+
             # GCP
             - name: 'Authenticate to Google Cloud'
               id: auth
@@ -85,6 +117,9 @@ jobs:
             - name: cp assets
               id: cp-assets
               uses: ./.github/actions/nm-cp-assets/
+              with:
+                whl: ${{ steps.whl_targz_names.outputs.whl }}
+                targz: ${{ steps.whl_targz_names.outputs.targz }}
 
             - name: trigger stratus nm-pypi update workflow to update nm-pypi index
               uses: actions/github-script@v6