diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1829de41..3320cf96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,34 +1,47 @@
 name: Build Wheel and Release
 on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
   push:
     tags:
       - v*
 
 jobs:
-  pypi-publish:
-    name: upload release to PyPI
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'numpy' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && github.actor == 'jarrodmillman' && always()
+  sdist_wheel:
+    name: sdist and wheels
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Specifying a GitHub environment is optional, but strongly encouraged
-    environment: release
-    permissions:
-      # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
-      id-token: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        name: Install Python
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
-
       - name: Build wheels
         run: |
           git clean -fxd
           pip install -U build twine wheel
           python -m build --sdist --wheel
+      - run: twine check --strict dist/*
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist
 
-      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+  pypi-publish:
+    needs: sdist_wheel
+    name: upload release to PyPI
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'numpy' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && github.actor == 'jarrodmillman' && always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Specifying a GitHub environment is optional, but strongly encouraged
+    environment: release
+    permissions:
+      # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist
+      - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 87661b6f..354a79d9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ numpydoc -- Numpy's Sphinx extensions
 
 .. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/numpydoc/badge/?version=latest
    :alt: Documentation Status
-   :scale: 100%
    :target: https://numpydoc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
 .. image:: https://codecov.io/gh/numpy/numpydoc/branch/main/graph/badge.svg