diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e7d95e5..a67ad5e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ from the repo:
 ```
 $ python3 -m venv .venv
 $ . .venv/bin/activate
-(.venv) $ pip3 install .[dev,test]
+(.venv) $ pip3 install .[test]
+(.venv) $ pip3 install -r requirements-dev.txt
 (.venv) $ check_patroni
 ```
 
@@ -48,4 +49,26 @@ The `README.md` can be geneated with `./docs/make_readme.sh`.
 ## Executing Tests
 
 The pytests are in `./tests` and use a moker to provide a json response instead
-of having to call the patroni API.
+of having to call the patroni API. To manually run the tests use one of these
+commands :
+
+```
+pytest ./tests  # just the tests
+tox             # pytests for all supported version of python + mypy + flake8
+tox -e py       # pytests + mypy + flake8 or the default version of python
+```
+
+The tests are executed automatically for each PR using the ci (see
+`.github/workflow/lint.yml` and `.github/workflow/tests.yml`).
+
+## Release
+
+The package is generated and uploaded to pypi when a `v*` tag is created (see
+`.github/workflow/publish.yml`).
+
+Alternatively, the release can be done manually with:
+
+```
+tox -e build
+tox -e upload
+```
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d631268..60ed932 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,21 +44,10 @@ setup(
         "click >= 8.0.1",
     ],
     extras_require={
-        "dev": [
-            "black",
-            "check-manifest",
-            "flake8",
-            "mypy == 0.961",
-        ],
         "test": [
             "pytest",
             "pytest-mock",
         ],
-        "release": [
-            "wheel",
-            "setuptools",
-            "twine",
-        ],
     },
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 4fe7bee..573ca8b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ envlist = lint, mypy, py36, py37, py38, py39, py310
 skip_missing_interpreters = True
 
 [testenv]
-extras = test
+deps =
+    pytest
+    pytest-mock
 commands =
     pytest {toxinidir}/check_patroni {toxinidir}/tests {posargs:-vv}
 
@@ -21,3 +23,24 @@ deps =
     mypy == 0.961
 commands =
     mypy {toxinidir}/check_patroni
+
+[testenv:build]
+deps =
+    wheel
+    setuptools
+    twine
+allowlist_externals =
+    rm
+commands =
+    rm --verbose --recursive --force {toxinidir}/dist/
+    python setup.py check
+    python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+    python -m twine check dist/*
+
+[testenv:upload]
+# requires a check_patroni section in ~/.pypirc
+skip_install = True
+deps =
+    twine
+commands =
+    python -m twine upload --repository check_patroni dist/*