diff --git a/script/release/Dockerfile b/script/release/Dockerfile
index 0d4ec27e1..e5af676a5 100644
--- a/script/release/Dockerfile
+++ b/script/release/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ RUN mkdir -p /src && pip install -U Jinja2==2.10 \
     PyGithub==1.39 \
     pypandoc==1.4 \
     GitPython==2.1.9 \
-    requests==2.18.4 && \
+    requests==2.18.4 \
+    twine==1.11.0 && \
     apt-get update && apt-get install -y pandoc
 
 VOLUME /src/script/release
diff --git a/script/release/release.py b/script/release/release.py
index 4357e36b9..d0545a7e6 100755
--- a/script/release/release.py
+++ b/script/release/release.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from release.utils import ScriptError
 from release.utils import update_init_py_version
 from release.utils import update_run_sh_version
 from release.utils import yesno
+from twine.commands.upload import main as twine_upload
 
 
 def create_initial_branch(repository, args):
@@ -240,8 +241,8 @@ def finalize(args):
         if not merge_status.merged:
             raise ScriptError('Unable to merge PR #{}: {}'.format(pr_data.number, merge_status.message))
         print('Uploading to PyPi')
-        run_setup(os.path.join(REPO_ROOT, 'setup.py'), script_args=['upload'])
-        img_manager.push_images(args.release)
+        twine_upload(['dist/*'])
+        img_manager.push_images()
         repository.publish_release(gh_release)
     except ScriptError as e:
         print(e)