diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
index 6310803f..8023b47e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
@@ -1,45 +1,62 @@
 name: Publish package to PyPI
+
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-       - '*'
+      - "*"
+
 jobs:
   publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
-      - name: Set up Python 3.9
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          fetch-depth: 0  # ensures full history/tags are available if you ever need them
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.13
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.13"
+
       - name: Get release version
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          echo "CHANGELOG_VERSION=$(cat CHANGELOG.md | grep -oP '(?<=###\s)(.*)(?=\s\-)' | head -n 1 | sed 's/Version\s/v/')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "TAG_VERSION=`echo $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)`" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CHANGELOG_VERSION=$(grep -oP '(?<=###\s)(.*)(?=\s\-)' CHANGELOG.md | head -n 1 | sed 's/Version\s/v/')" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "TAG_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       - name: Check changelog release version
-        if: ${{ env.TAG_VERSION != env.CHANGELOG_VERSION }}
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          echo "CHANGELOG_VERSION($CHANGELOG_VERSION) is different from TAG_VERSION($TAG_VERSION)"
-          exit 1
+          if [[ "${TAG_VERSION}" != "${CHANGELOG_VERSION}" ]]; then
+            echo "CHANGELOG_VERSION(${CHANGELOG_VERSION}) is different from TAG_VERSION(${TAG_VERSION})"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install build
-      - name: Get all git tags
-        run: git fetch --tags -f
+
       - name: Build package
         run: |
           python -m build --sdist --wheel
-      - name: Get package size
-        run: echo "PKG_SIZE=$(find dist -maxdepth 1 -regex '.*gz' | xargs stat --format='%s')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Check package size
-        if: ${{ env.PKG_SIZE > 1e+8 }}
+
+      - name: Check package size (100MB max)
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          echo "PKG_SIZE($PKG_SIZE bytes) is greater than 100MB"
-          exit 1
+          PKG_SIZE="$(find dist -maxdepth 1 -name '*.tar.gz' -print0 | xargs -0 stat --format='%s' | head -n 1)"
+          echo "PKG_SIZE=${PKG_SIZE}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          if [[ -n "${PKG_SIZE}" ]] && (( PKG_SIZE > 100000000 )); then
+            echo "PKG_SIZE(${PKG_SIZE} bytes) is greater than 100MB"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
       - name: Publish package
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
-          skip_existing: true
+          user: __token__
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+          skip-existing: true
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f4be3811..ea233ebe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 ## Xarray-Spatial Changelog
 -----------
 
+
+### Version 0.5.1 - 2025-12-16
+- updated runner, python setup action and checkout actions for PyPI publish
+
+
 ### Version 0.5.0 - 2025-12-15
 - Python 3.14 is now supported!
 - Fixed bug in curvature dask+cupy args and added unit test for curvature(#824)