diff --git a/.github/workflows/manually_build.yml b/.github/workflows/manually_build.yml
index 24757b19ef6..fabf4dbb0f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manually_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manually_build.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ on:
         required: true
         default: '2.1.0-SNAPSHOT'
         type: string
+  push:
 
 env:
   TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
@@ -225,34 +226,38 @@ jobs:
         sudo docker rmi -f ${image}:${TAG} 10.239.45.10/arda/${image}:${TAG} ${image}:latest
 
   ipex-llm-cpu:
-    if: ${{ inputs.artifact == 'ipex-llm-cpu' || inputs.artifact == 'all' }}
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Shire]
+    # if: ${{ inputs.artifact == 'ipex-llm-cpu' || inputs.artifact == 'all' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: docker login
-      run: |
-        docker login -u ${DOCKERHUB_USERNAME} -p ${DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD}
+    # - name: docker login
+    #   run: |
+    #     docker login -u ${DOCKERHUB_USERNAME} -p ${DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD}
+    - name: Log in to Docker Hub
+      run: echo ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }} | docker login -u intelanalytics --password-stdin
     - name: ipex-llm-cpu
       run: |
         echo "##############################################################"
         echo "####### ipex-llm-cpu ########"
         echo "##############################################################"
+        # docker pull intelanalytics/ipex-llm-cpu:test
+        # docker push intelanalytics/ipex-llm-cpu:test
         export image=intelanalytics/ipex-llm-cpu
+        export TAG=test
         cd docker/llm/inference/cpu/docker
-        sudo docker build \
+        docker build \
           --no-cache=true \
-          --build-arg http_proxy=${HTTP_PROXY} \
-          --build-arg https_proxy=${HTTPS_PROXY} \
-          --build-arg no_proxy=${NO_PROXY} \
           -t ${image}:${TAG} -f ./Dockerfile .
-        sudo docker push ${image}:${TAG}
-        sudo docker tag ${image}:${TAG} 10.239.45.10/arda/${image}:${TAG}
-        sudo docker push 10.239.45.10/arda/${image}:${TAG}
+        docker login
+        docker images
+        docker push ${image}:${TAG}
+        docker tag ${image}:${TAG} 10.239.45.10/arda/${image}:${TAG}
+        # docker push 10.239.45.10/arda/${image}:${TAG}
         # tag 'latest'
-        sudo docker tag ${image}:${TAG} ${image}:latest
-        sudo docker push ${image}:latest
-        sudo docker rmi -f ${image}:${TAG} 10.239.45.10/arda/${image}:${TAG} ${image}:latest
+        docker tag ${image}:${TAG} ${image}:latest
+        docker push ${image}:latest
+        docker rmi -f ${image}:${TAG} 10.239.45.10/arda/${image}:${TAG} ${image}:latest
 
   ipex-llm-serving-xpu:
     if: ${{ inputs.artifact == 'ipex-llm-serving-xpu' || inputs.artifact == 'all' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly_build.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly_build.yml
index 3d667443024..6fc3027fc62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly_build.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Nightly Build
 
 on:
-  # pull_request:
+  push:
   #   branches: [ main ]
   #   paths:
   #     - '.github/workflows/nightly_build.yml'
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   
-  llm-cpp-build:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/llm-binary-build.yml
+  # llm-cpp-build:
+  #   uses: ./.github/workflows/llm-binary-build.yml
 
   ipex-llm-build:
     # python build can only be published once a day, please do not publish it manually
-    if: ${{ github.event.schedule || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }} 
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Bree]
-    needs: llm-cpp-build
+    # if: ${{ github.event.schedule || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }} 
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # needs: llm-cpp-build
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -40,13 +40,17 @@ jobs:
         pip install wheel
         pip install twine
 
-    - name: Download llm binary
-      uses: ./.github/actions/llm/download-llm-binary
+    # - name: Download llm binary
+    #   uses: ./.github/actions/llm/download-llm-binary
 
     - name: Build package
+      env:
+        TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.TWINE_USERNAME }}
+        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_PASSWORD }}
+        SOURCEFORGE_PW: ${{ secrets.SOURCEFORGE_PW }}
       run: |
-        export TIMESTAMP=`date '+%Y%m%d'`
-        # export TIMESTAMP=20240323
+        # export TIMESTAMP=`date '+%Y%m%d'`
+        export TIMESTAMP=20240103
         export PYPI_VERSION=2.1.0
         nb_version=${PYPI_VERSION}b${TIMESTAMP}
         echo ${nb_version}
@@ -57,9 +61,9 @@ jobs:
         ## linux ##
         bash python/llm/dev/release_default_linux.sh ${nb_version} true
 
-  docker-build:
-    if: ${{ github.event.schedule }} 
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/manually_build.yml
-    with:
-      artifact: all
-      tag: 2.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+  # docker-build:
+  #   if: ${{ github.event.schedule }} 
+  #   uses: ./.github/workflows/manually_build.yml
+  #   with:
+  #     artifact: all
+  #     tag: 2.1.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/python/llm/dev/release.sh b/python/llm/dev/release.sh
index 93ca7d57197..d273a815ebe 100644
--- a/python/llm/dev/release.sh
+++ b/python/llm/dev/release.sh
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ if [ ${upload} == true ]; then
     # upload to pypi
     upload_to_pypi_command="twine upload dist/ipex_llm-${ipex_llm_version}-*-${verbose_pname}.whl"
     echo "Please manually upload with this command: $upload_to_pypi_command"
-    $upload_to_pypi_command
+    # $upload_to_pypi_command
 
     # upload to sourceforge
-    rsync -avzr -e \
+    rsync -avzr -e --verbose \
     "sshpass -p '${SOURCEFORGE_PW}' ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" \
     ./dist/ipex_llm-${ipex_llm_version}-*-${verbose_pname}.whl \
     intelanalytics@frs.sourceforge.net:/home/frs/project/analytics-zoo/ipex-llm-whl/ipex-llm/${ipex_llm_version}/