diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 471efeba81..42cd3867ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -26,93 +26,96 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
 
-  release:
-    name: Release pipeline
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: fedora:34
-    env:
-      VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-      DEVEL_NAME: ${{ github.event.inputs.devel_name }}
-      DEVEL_MAIL: ${{ github.event.inputs.devel_mail }}
-      PYTHON: /usr/bin/python3
-        #TOKEN_RTD: ${{ secrets.RTD_TOKEN }}
-        #URL: "https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/${{ github.event.inputs.rtd_project }}"
+  #  release:
+  #    name: Release pipeline
+  #    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #    container:
+  #      image: fedora:34
+  #    env:
+  #      VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+  #      DEVEL_NAME: ${{ github.event.inputs.devel_name }}
+  #      DEVEL_MAIL: ${{ github.event.inputs.devel_mail }}
+  #      PYTHON: /usr/bin/python3
+  #      TOKEN_RTD: ${{ secrets.RTD_TOKEN }}
+  #      URL: "https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/${{ github.event.inputs.rtd_project }}"
+  #
+  #    steps:
+  #      - name: Generate token
+  #        id: generate_token
+  #        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@021a2405c7f990db57f5eae5397423dcc554159c
+  #        with:
+  #          app_id: ${{ secrets.MR_AVOCADO_ID }}
+  #          installation_id: ${{ secrets.MR_AVOCADO_INSTALLATION_ID }}
+  #          private_key: ${{ secrets.MR_AVOCADO_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+  #      - name: install required packages
+  #        run:  dnf -y install rpmdevtools git python3-pip make
+  #      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+  #        with:
+  #          persist-credentials: false
+  #          fetch-depth: 0
+  #      - name: Update VERSION files and python-avocado.spec
+  #        run: |
+  #          make -f Makefile.gh propagate-version
+  #          make -f Makefile.gh release-update-spec
+  #      - name: Commit files and tag
+  #        run: |
+  #          git config --global --add safe.directory `pwd`
+  #          git config --local user.email "${{ github.event.inputs.devel_mail }}"
+  #          git config --local user.name "${{ github.event.inputs.devel_name }}"
+  #          make -f Makefile.gh release-commit-tag
+  #      - name: Push changes to github
+  #        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+  #        with:
+  #          github_token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+  #          branch: ${{ github.ref }}
+  #      - name: Build wheel
+  #        run: make -f Makefile.gh build-wheel check-wheel
+  #      - name: Save wheel as artifact
+  #        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+  #        with:
+  #          name: wheel
+  #          path: ${{github.workspace}}/PYPI_UPLOAD/
+  #          retention-days: 3
+  #      - name: Build documentation readthedocs
+  #        run: |
+  #          make -f Makefile.gh build-update-readthedocs
+  #      - run: echo "In a few minutes the release documentation will be available in https://${{ github.event.inputs.rtd_project }}.readthedocs.io/en/${{ github.event.inputs.version }}/"
+  #      - name: Upload to pypi
+  #        continue-on-error: true
+  #        env:
+  #          TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USER }}
+  #          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWD }}
+  #        run: make -f Makefile.gh update-pypi
+
+  build-and-publish-eggs:
+    name: Build eggs and publish them
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    needs: release
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.12.0]
+      fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
-      - name: Generate token
-        id: generate_token
-        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@021a2405c7f990db57f5eae5397423dcc554159c
-        with:
-          app_id: ${{ secrets.MR_AVOCADO_ID }}
-          installation_id: ${{ secrets.MR_AVOCADO_INSTALLATION_ID }}
-          private_key: ${{ secrets.MR_AVOCADO_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-      - name: install required packages
-        run:  dnf -y install rpmdevtools git python3-pip make
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Update VERSION files and python-avocado.spec
-        run: |
-          make -f Makefile.gh propagate-version
-          make -f Makefile.gh release-update-spec
-      - name: Commit files and tag
-        run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory `pwd`
-          git config --local user.email "${{ github.event.inputs.devel_mail }}"
-          git config --local user.name "${{ github.event.inputs.devel_name }}"
-          make -f Makefile.gh release-commit-tag
-      - name: Push changes to github
-        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          github_token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
-          branch: ${{ github.ref }}
-            #      - name: Build wheel
-            #        run: make -f Makefile.gh build-wheel check-wheel
-            #      - name: Save wheel as artifact
-            #        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-            #        with:
-            #          name: wheel
-            #          path: ${{github.workspace}}/PYPI_UPLOAD/
-            #          retention-days: 3
-            #      - name: Build documentation readthedocs
-            #        run: |
-            #          make -f Makefile.gh build-update-readthedocs
-            #      - run: echo "In a few minutes the release documentation will be available in https://${{ github.event.inputs.rtd_project }}.readthedocs.io/en/${{ github.event.inputs.version }}/"
-            #      - name: Upload to pypi
-            #        continue-on-error: true
-            #        env:
-            #          TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USER }}
-            #          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWD }}
-            #        run: make -f Makefile.gh update-pypi
-            #
-            #  build-and-publish-eggs:
-            #    name: Build eggs and publish them
-            #    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-            #    needs: release
-            #    strategy:
-            #      matrix:
-            #        python-version: [3.8.16, 3.9.16, 3.10.9, 3.11.1, 3.12.0]
-            #      fail-fast: false
-            #
-            #    steps:
-            #      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-            #        with:
-            #          persist-credentials: false
-            #          fetch-depth: 0
-            #          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-            #      - name: Set up Python
-            #        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-            #        with:
-            #          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-            #      - name: Build eggs
-            #        run: make -f Makefile.gh build-egg
-            #      - name: Upload binaries to release
-            #        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
-            #        with:
-            #          repo_token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-            #          file: ${{ github.workspace }}/EGG_UPLOAD/avocado_framework*egg
-            #          tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-            #          overwrite: true
-            #          file_glob: true
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install setuptools
+        if: ${{ matrix.python-version }} >= 3.12.0
+        run: pip install setuptools
+      - name: Build eggs
+        run: make -f Makefile.gh build-egg
+          #      - name: Upload binaries to release
+          #        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
+          #        with:
+          #          repo_token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          #          file: ${{ github.workspace }}/EGG_UPLOAD/avocado_framework*egg
+          #          tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          #          overwrite: true
+          #          file_glob: true