diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 6a024f1a07b..b121f633fb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -77,13 +77,10 @@ jobs:
           file_glob: true
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
         if: ${{ steps.check-tag.outputs.match != '' }}
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@e53eb8b103ffcb59469888563dc324e3c8ba6f06 # v1.8.12
-        with:
-          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@ec4db0b4ddc65acdf4bff5fa45ac92d78b56bdf0 # v1.9.0
       - name: Publish package distributions to TestPyPI
         if: ${{ steps.check-tag.outputs.match == '' }}
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@e53eb8b103ffcb59469888563dc324e3c8ba6f06 # v1.8.12
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@ec4db0b4ddc65acdf4bff5fa45ac92d78b56bdf0 # v1.9.0
         with:
-          password: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
           repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
           verbose: true
diff --git a/src/otx/__init__.py b/src/otx/__init__.py
index 0907b63a3ae..a3d2356419d 100644
--- a/src/otx/__init__.py
+++ b/src/otx/__init__.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2021-2023 Intel Corporation
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-__version__ = "1.6.3rc0"
+__version__ = "1.6.3"
 # NOTE: Sync w/ src/otx/api/usecases/exportable_code/demo/requirements.txt on release
diff --git a/src/otx/api/usecases/exportable_code/demo/requirements.txt b/src/otx/api/usecases/exportable_code/demo/requirements.txt
index d22fee8e308..a361e9558b2 100644
--- a/src/otx/api/usecases/exportable_code/demo/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/otx/api/usecases/exportable_code/demo/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 openvino==2023.3.0
 openvino-model-api==0.1.9.1
-otx==1.6.3rc0
+otx==1.6.3
 numpy>=1.21.0,<=1.23.5  # np.bool was removed in 1.24.0 which was used in openvino runtime