diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 209736d..fe6b55b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
   workflow_dispatch:
-  # Publish trigger: only when the PR merge commits are pushed to main
+  # Publish trigger: only when the PR merge commits are pushed to master
   push:
     branches:
       - master
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Dry-Run Build & Check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
-    # Allow dry-run on all events except when pushing to master
-    if: github.event_name != 'push' || github.ref != 'refs/heads/master'
+    # Allow dry-run on pull_request and workflow_dispatch events
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -51,10 +51,9 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     name: Publish to PyPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: dry-run
 
     # Only fire on the push-to-master that completes the PR
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -76,4 +75,4 @@ jobs:
           TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
         run: |
           # avoid failures if you accidentally re-publish the same version
-          python -m twine upload --skip-existing dist/*
\ No newline at end of file
+          python -m twine upload --skip-existing dist/*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8a12ab..d7e06da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # APEER Python SDK
 
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/apeer-micro/apeer-python-sdk.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/apeer-micro/apeer-python-sdk)
-[![Python 2.7](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-2.7-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/)
-[![Python 3.6](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.6-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-360/)
+[![Build & Publish to PyPI](https://github.com/apeer-micro/apeer-python-sdk/actions/workflows/publish.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/apeer-micro/apeer-python-sdk/actions/workflows/publish.yml)
+[![Python 3.8](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.8-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-380/)
+[![Python 3.9](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.9-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-390/)
+[![Python 3.10](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3100/)
+[![Python 3.11](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3110/)
+[![Python 3.12](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.12-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3120/)
 [![PyPI Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/apeer-dev-kit.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/apeer-dev-kit/)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/Code%20License-MIT-blue.svg)](https://github.com/apeer-micro/apeer-python-sdk/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)