diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4bee6d1..3448ba7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ servedocs: docs ## compile the docs watching for changes
 	watchmedo shell-command -p '*.rst' -c '$(MAKE) -C docs html' -R -D .
 
 release: clean ## package and upload a release
-	python setup.py sdist upload
-	python setup.py bdist_wheel upload
+	python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+	twine upload dist/*
 
 dist: clean ## builds source and wheel package
 	python setup.py sdist
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index cb408ee..b9e92c9 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ PyYAML==3.12
 pytest==3.4.2
 pytest-runner==4.0
 vcrpy==1.11.1
+twine==1.10.0