diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml
index c74ef590df..74fb6a26eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
-name: Upload Python Package
+name: Upload Python Package to TestPyPI
 
 on:
   release:
     types: [created]
+  workflow_dispatch: # Allows manual triggering of the workflow for testing
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment:
-      name: pypi
-      url: https://pypi.org/p/acapy-agent
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
-      - name: Install build and publish dependencies
+      - name: Install build dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install setuptools wheel twine poetry
-      - name: Build and publish
+      - name: Build package distributions
         run: |
           poetry build
-      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+      - name: Publish to TestPyPI
+        env:
+          TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_USERNAME }}
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+        run: |
+          twine upload --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ --skip-existing dist/*
diff --git a/acapy_agent/version.py b/acapy_agent/version.py
index f0b415185b..4e0fac50bf 100644
--- a/acapy_agent/version.py
+++ b/acapy_agent/version.py
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 from importlib import metadata
 
-__version__ = metadata.version("acapy-agent")
+__version__ = metadata.version("acapy-agent-didx")
 RECORD_TYPE_ACAPY_VERSION = "acapy_version"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a709abe182..2d81a3dfb5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
-name = "acapy_agent"
-version = "1.1.0"
+name = "acapy_agent_didx"
+version = "1.1.1-20241114"
 description = "(ACA-Py) A Cloud Agent Python is a foundation for building decentralized identity applications and services running in non-mobile environments. "
 authors = []
 license = "Apache-2.0"