diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index a0e357cc0..d8e78c98a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -30,28 +30,21 @@ jobs:
         run: nox -vs build
       - name: Read the Changelog
         id: read-changelog
-        uses: mindsers/changelog-reader-action@v1
+        uses: mindsers/changelog-reader-action@v2
         with:
           version: ${{ steps.build.outputs.version }}
-      - name: Create GitHub release
+      - name: Create GitHub release and upload the distribution
         id: create-release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: ${{ steps.build.outputs.version }}
-          body: ${{ steps.read-changelog.outputs.log_entry }}
-          draft: false
+          name: ${{ steps.build.outputs.version }}
+          body: ${{ steps.read-changelog.outputs.changes }}
+          draft: ${{ env.ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG == 'true' }}
           prerelease: false
-      - name: Upload the distribution to GitHub
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{ steps.create-release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: ${{ steps.build.outputs.asset_path }}
-          asset_name: ${{ steps.build.outputs.asset_name }}
-          asset_content_type: application/gzip
+          files: ${{ steps.build.outputs.asset_path }}
       - name: Upload the distribution to PyPI
         if: ${{ env.B2_PYPI_PASSWORD != '' }}
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.3.1
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           user: __token__
           password: ${{ env.B2_PYPI_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 26f0f9b66..4c338cc86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Infrastructure
 * Remove dependency from `arrow`
+* Build Python wheels for distribution
 
 ## [1.20.0] - 2023-03-23
 
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 7fd5d27e5..a210991f4 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     'pyfakefs==4.5.6',
     'pytest-xdist==2.5.0',
 ]
-REQUIREMENTS_BUILD = ['setuptools>=20.2']
+REQUIREMENTS_BUILD = ['setuptools>=20.2', 'wheel>=0.40']
 
 nox.options.reuse_existing_virtualenvs = True
 nox.options.sessions = [
@@ -169,22 +169,21 @@ def cover(session):
 @nox.session(python=PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION)
 def build(session):
     """Build the distribution."""
-    # TODO: consider using wheel as well
     session.run('pip', 'install', *REQUIREMENTS_BUILD)
     session.run('python', 'setup.py', 'check', '--metadata', '--strict')
     session.run('rm', '-rf', 'build', 'dist', 'b2sdk.egg-info', external=True)
     session.run('python', 'setup.py', 'sdist', *session.posargs)
+    session.run('python', 'setup.py', 'bdist_wheel', *session.posargs)
 
     # Set outputs for GitHub Actions
     if CI:
-        asset_path = glob('dist/*')[0]
-        print('::set-output name=asset_path::', asset_path, sep='')
+        with open(os.environ['GITHUB_OUTPUT'], 'a') as github_output:
+            # Path have to be specified with unix style slashes even for windows,
+            # otherwise glob won't find files on windows in action-gh-release.
+            print('asset_path=dist/*', file=github_output)
 
-        asset_name = os.path.basename(asset_path)
-        print('::set-output name=asset_name::', asset_name, sep='')
-
-        version = os.environ['GITHUB_REF'].replace('refs/tags/v', '')
-        print('::set-output name=version::', version, sep='')
+            version = os.environ['GITHUB_REF'].replace('refs/tags/v', '')
+            print(f'version={version}', file=github_output)
 
 
 @nox.session(python=PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION)