diff --git a/.github/workflows/artifact_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/artifact_linux.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0c2f19f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/artifact_linux.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: "Upload release artifact for Linux"
+on: [workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install doxygen
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          rm -rf build.paho
+          mkdir build.paho
+          cd build.paho
+          echo "pwd $PWD"
+          cmake -DPAHO_BUILD_STATIC=FALSE -DPAHO_BUILD_SHARED=TRUE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DPAHO_WITH_SSL=TRUE -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR= -DPAHO_BUILD_DOCUMENTATION=FALSE -DPAHO_BUILD_SAMPLES=TRUE -DPAHO_HIGH_PERFORMANCE=TRUE ..
+          cmake --build .
+      - name: package
+        run: |
+          cd build.paho
+          cpack --verbose         
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Eclipse-Paho-MQTT-C-1.4.0-Linux.tar.gz
+          path: /home/runner/work/paho.mqtt.c/paho.mqtt.c/build.paho/Eclipse-Paho-MQTT-C-1.4.0-Linux.tar.gz
diff --git a/.github/workflows/artifact_macos.yml b/.github/workflows/artifact_macos.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdf6db73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/artifact_macos.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: "Upload release artifact for MacOS"
+on: [workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          brew update
+          brew install doxygen
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          rm -rf build.paho
+          mkdir build.paho
+          cd build.paho
+          echo "pwd $PWD"
+          cmake -DPAHO_BUILD_STATIC=FALSE -DPAHO_BUILD_SHARED=TRUE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DPAHO_WITH_SSL=TRUE -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1 -DPAHO_BUILD_DOCUMENTATION=FALSE -DPAHO_BUILD_SAMPLES=TRUE -DPAHO_HIGH_PERFORMANCE=TRUE ..
+          cmake --build .
+      - name: package
+        run: |
+          cd build.paho
+          cpack --verbose
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Eclipse-Paho-MQTT-C-1.4.0-Darwin.tar.gz
+          path: /Users/runner/work/paho.mqtt.c/paho.mqtt.c/build.paho/Eclipse-Paho-MQTT-C-1.4.0-Darwin.tar.gz
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/build_linux.yml
index 91b73e4b..5d9d2bce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_linux.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_macos.yml b/.github/workflows/build_macos.yml
index 6d69b479..3bc57718 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_macos.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           brew update
diff --git a/.github/workflows/covsync.yml b/.github/workflows/covsync.yml
index 72e41138..590f077c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/covsync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/covsync.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_libressl.yml b/.github/workflows/test_libressl.yml
index dad11f44..37244f0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_libressl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_libressl.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Build LibreSSL
         run: |
           curl -O https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-3.8.2.tar.gz