diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4045d18a1..100d176d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    environment: 
+      name: release
+
     env:
       HELPZ_POSTGRESQL_PASS: Password12!
       EVENTFLOW_MSSQL_SERVER: 127.0.0.1,1433
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index c5de9f784..62ded598e 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ https://github.com/eventflow/EventFlow/blob/develop-v1/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md
 and it will get fixed asap. EventFlow would be where it is today without the grate community
 contributions that it have received over the years)
 
+Changes since last 1.x pre-release, `1.0.5003-alpha`
+
+* New: .NET 8 support
+* New: Enable `IEventStore` to load events to a given sequence number (thanks @SeWaS)
+* New: `EventFlow.Hangfire` now part of the v1 release cycle (thanks @nicolaj-hartmann)
+* Fix/breaking: Switch from `System.Data.SqlClient` to `Microsoft.Data.SqlClient` (thanks @janrybka)
+
 Changes since last 1.x pre-release, `1.0.5002-alpha`
 
 * New: Read model rebuilder can be done across multiple read model types. The piping of events
diff --git a/Source/EventFlow.EntityFramework.Tests/EventFlow.EntityFramework.Tests.csproj b/Source/EventFlow.EntityFramework.Tests/EventFlow.EntityFramework.Tests.csproj
index bc25badad..6f293aba1 100644
--- a/Source/EventFlow.EntityFramework.Tests/EventFlow.EntityFramework.Tests.csproj
+++ b/Source/EventFlow.EntityFramework.Tests/EventFlow.EntityFramework.Tests.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="3.1.5" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="3.1.5" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.6.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Npgsql" Version="4.1.3.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Npgsql" Version="4.1.14" />
     <PackageReference Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="3.1.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.12.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="3.17.0" />
diff --git a/Source/EventFlow.PostgreSql.Tests/EventFlow.PostgreSql.Tests.csproj b/Source/EventFlow.PostgreSql.Tests/EventFlow.PostgreSql.Tests.csproj
index 9d03cb669..33e194cf9 100644
--- a/Source/EventFlow.PostgreSql.Tests/EventFlow.PostgreSql.Tests.csproj
+++ b/Source/EventFlow.PostgreSql.Tests/EventFlow.PostgreSql.Tests.csproj
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.6.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Npgsql" Version="4.0.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.13.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="3.17.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Source/EventFlow.PostgreSql/EventFlow.PostgreSql.csproj b/Source/EventFlow.PostgreSql/EventFlow.PostgreSql.csproj
index 42ed58c2f..1a60b0ed7 100644
--- a/Source/EventFlow.PostgreSql/EventFlow.PostgreSql.csproj
+++ b/Source/EventFlow.PostgreSql/EventFlow.PostgreSql.csproj
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="dbup-postgresql" Version="4.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Npgsql" Version="4.0.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Npgsql" Version="4.1.14" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>