diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 75a5b90c..505e067b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,27 +6,65 @@ on:
       - 'v*.*.*'  # Trigger on version tags
 
 jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            artifact_os: ubuntu
+            binary_path: sipnet
+          - os: macos-latest
+            artifact_os: macos
+            binary_path: sipnet
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      # Checkout the repository
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # Build SIPNET binary
       - name: Build SIPNET
         run: make
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Prepare release binary
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          tag="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+          src="${{ matrix.binary_path }}"
+          dest="sipnet-${{ matrix.artifact_os }}-${tag}"
+
+          if [ ! -f "$src" ]; then
+            echo "Expected build artifact '${src}' not found" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          mkdir -p dist
+          mv "$src" "dist/${dest}"
+
+      - name: Upload release artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: sipnet-${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ matrix.artifact_os }}
+          path: dist/sipnet-${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ matrix.artifact_os }}
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  release:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Download release artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: dist
+          merge-multiple: true
 
-      # Create GitHub Release and Upload Asset
-      - name: Create Release and Upload Asset
-        id: create_release
+      - name: Create Release and Upload Assets
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
           body: |
             This release includes the latest SIPNET binary.
           draft: true  # Create the release as a draft
-          files: ./sipnet  # Path to the compiled binary
+          files: dist/*
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index dde50fa9..db28d6b8 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ sections to include in release notes:
 
 ### Added
 
+- Build and release binaries for MacOS and Windows on release (in addition to existing Linux builds)
 - Support for tillage events (#158)
 - `woodCreation` as output (#161)
 - Soil mineral pool (#170)
diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f29d0941..066e1af7 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -162,11 +162,21 @@ make -C tests/sipnet/test_events_infrastructure run
 ## Releases
 
 - Use [Semantic Versioning v2](https://semver.org/) for SIPNET releases. 
-- Tag the git commit associated with the release `vX.Y.Z`.
 - Update versions in:
   - `CITATION.cff`
   - `src/sipnet/version.h`
   - `docs/CHANGELOG.md`
   - `docs/Doxyfile` (`PROJECT_NUMBER`)
 - Run tests (`make test`).
-- Publish the GitHub release; include `docs/CHANGELOG.md` content in release notes.
+- Tag the git commit associated with the release `vX.Y.Z` and push tag to master.
+    ```
+    git tag v<X.Y.Z>
+    ```
+- Push tag to master branch, this will trigger a draft release
+    ```
+    git push origin v0.0.0-test
+    ```
+- Open draft on https://github.com/pecanProject/sipnet/releases.
+- Add content from `docs/CHANGELOG.md` to release notes.
+- Publish the GitHub release; this will trigger archiving on Zenodo
+- Get doi for this release from Zenodo and add to release notes. (note: README has a doi that represents all versions, and resolves to latest)