diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d525d6c84..28363258c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           git log --pretty=%B ${prev_tag}..${curr_tag} | grep -E '^\s*update: ' | sort | sed -e 's%^% - %' >> changes.txt
           if [[ $(git log --pretty=%B ${prev_tag}..${curr_tag} | grep -E '^\s*fix: ' -c) -gt 0 ]]; then echo "### Fixed Rules" >> changes.txt; fi
           git log --pretty=%B ${prev_tag}..${curr_tag} | grep -E '^\s*fix: ' | sort | sed -e 's%^% - %' >> changes.txt
-          git log --pretty=%B ${prev_tag}..${curr_tag} | grep -oP 'Merge PR #\d+ from \K(@\S+)' | sort -u > authors_raw.txt
+          git log --pretty=%B ${prev_tag}..${curr_tag} | grep -ioP 'Merge PR #\d+ from \K(@\S+)' | sort -u > authors_raw.txt
           git log --pretty=%B ${prev_tag}..${curr_tag} | grep -oP "Co-authored-by: \K.*(?= <)" | sort -u | sed -e 's%^%@%' >> authors_raw.txt
           LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 sort -u authors_raw.txt | grep -v 'dependabot\[bot\]' > authors.txt
           cat changes.txt >> changelog.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
           body_path: changelog.txt
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          draft: false
+          draft: true
           prerelease: false
           files: |
             sigma_core.zip
diff --git a/tests/sigma-package-release.py b/tests/sigma-package-release.py
index 7aebb462c..24b40774e 100644
--- a/tests/sigma-package-release.py
+++ b/tests/sigma-package-release.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Creates the Sigma release archive packages for different configurations
 
 EXAMPLE
-# python3 sigma-package-release.py --min-status testing --levels high critical --rule-types generic --outfile Sigma-standard.zip
+# python3 sigma-package-release.py --min-status test --levels high critical --rule-types generic --outfile Sigma-standard.zip
 """
 
 import os
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import sys
 import argparse
 import yaml
 import zipfile
-
+import datetime
+import subprocess
 
 STATUS = ["experimental", "test", "stable"]
 LEVEL = ["informational", "low", "medium", "high", "critical"]
@@ -137,6 +138,15 @@ def write_zip(outfile: str, selected_rules: list):
     ) as zip:
         for rule_path in selected_rules:
             zip.write(rule_path)
+
+        # Write version info text file
+        today = datetime.date.today().isoformat()
+        label = subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe", "--always"]).strip()
+        commit_hash = subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"]).strip()
+        version = "Release Date: {}\nLabel: {}\nCommit-Hash: {}\n".format(
+            today, label.decode(), commit_hash.decode()
+        )
+        zip.writestr("version.txt", version)
     return