diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 58f1cc7e..25ccccb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.11'
+        python-version: '3.13'
 
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
       with:
@@ -98,6 +98,23 @@ jobs:
         cd ..
         cp build_em/threshold_encryption/encrypt.* node/
 
+    - name: Build t-encrypt Python native library
+      env:
+        OPENSSL_GIT_REF: openssl-3.0.15
+      run: |
+        export CC=gcc-11
+        export CXX=g++-11
+        export TARGET=all
+        export CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+        cd deps
+        ./clean.sh
+        ./build.sh
+        cd ..
+        mkdir -p build_t_encrypt_python
+        cd build_t_encrypt_python
+        cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
+        make -j$(nproc) t_encrypt_python
+
     - name: Calculate version
       run: |
         export BRANCH=${GITHUB_REF##*/}
@@ -114,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Resolve t-encrypt version and library path
       run: |
-        lib_path="${PWD}/build/threshold_encryption/libt_encrypt_python.so"
+        lib_path="${PWD}/build_t_encrypt_python/threshold_encryption/libt_encrypt_python.so"
         echo "T_ENCRYPT_LIB_PATH=${lib_path}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
         # Calculate Python package version
@@ -137,10 +154,19 @@ jobs:
         T_ENCRYPT_LIB_PATH: ${{ env.T_ENCRYPT_LIB_PATH }}
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel twine
+        python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel twine auditwheel
         CURRENT_VERSION="$(python setup_t_encrypt.py --version)"
         sed -i "s/${CURRENT_VERSION}/${PACKAGE_VERSION}/g" setup_t_encrypt.py
         python setup_t_encrypt.py sdist bdist_wheel
+        wheel="$(ls -t dist/*.whl | head -n1)"
+        [[ "${wheel}" != *-py3-none-any.whl ]] || \
+          { echo "Wheel bundling libencrypt.so must be platform-tagged: ${wheel}" >&2; exit 1; }
+        auditwheel show "${wheel}"
+        python -m zipfile -e "${wheel}" wheel-check
+        shared_library="wheel-check/t_encrypt/libencrypt.so"
+        [[ -f "${shared_library}" ]] || { echo "libencrypt.so was not found in ${wheel}" >&2; exit 1; }
+        ! readelf -d "${shared_library}" | grep -Eq 'lib(ssl|crypto)\.so\.1\.1' || \
+          { echo "${shared_library} depends on OpenSSL 1.1" >&2; exit 1; }
         python -m twine check dist/*
 
     - name: Publish t-encrypt to PyPI
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 4f29a3dc..f995aa77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -196,6 +196,69 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           files: ./coverage.info
+  build_t_encrypt_wheel:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.13'
+      - name: Build and check t-encrypt wheel
+        env:
+          CC: gcc-11
+          CXX: g++-11
+          OPENSSL_GIT_REF: openssl-3.0.15
+          TARGET: all
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y gcc-11 g++-11 cmake gawk sed shtool \
+            libffi-dev yasm texinfo libgnutls28-dev gcc-multilib git
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel auditwheel
+          cd deps
+          ./build.sh
+          cd ..
+          mkdir -p build
+          cd build
+          cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
+          make -j$(nproc) t_encrypt_python
+          cd ../python
+          export T_ENCRYPT_LIB_PATH="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/build/threshold_encryption/libt_encrypt_python.so"
+          python setup_t_encrypt.py bdist_wheel
+          wheel="$(ls -t dist/*.whl | head -n1)"
+          [[ "${wheel}" != *-py3-none-any.whl ]] || { echo "Wheel must be platform-tagged: ${wheel}" >&2; exit 1; }
+          auditwheel show "${wheel}"
+          python -m zipfile -e "${wheel}" wheel-check
+          shared_library="wheel-check/t_encrypt/libencrypt.so"
+          [[ -f "${shared_library}" ]]
+          ! readelf -d "${shared_library}" | grep -Eq 'lib(ssl|crypto)\.so\.1\.1'
+      - name: Upload t-encrypt wheel
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: t-encrypt-wheel
+          path: python/dist/*.whl
+  validate_t_encrypt_wheel:
+    needs: build_t_encrypt_wheel
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04]
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.13'
+      - name: Download t-encrypt wheel
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: t-encrypt-wheel
+          path: dist
+      - name: Install and import t-encrypt wheel
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install dist/*.whl
+          python -c "import t_encrypt"
   osx_build_and_test:
     runs-on: macos-15-intel
     steps:
@@ -312,7 +375,7 @@ jobs:
 
           export LIBRARIES_ROOT=../deps/deps_inst/wasm32-emscripten/lib
 
-          emcmake cmake -DEMSCRIPTEN=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF -DGMP_LIBRARY="$LIBRARIES_ROOT"/libgmp.a -DCRYPTOPP_LIBRARY="$LIBRARIES_ROOT"/libcrypto.a -DGMPXX_LIBRARY="$LIBRARIES_ROOT"/libgmpxx.a .. 
+          emcmake cmake -DEMSCRIPTEN=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF -DGMP_LIBRARY="$LIBRARIES_ROOT"/libgmp.a -DCRYPTOPP_LIBRARY="$LIBRARIES_ROOT"/libcrypto.a -DGMPXX_LIBRARY="$LIBRARIES_ROOT"/libgmpxx.a ..
 
           emmake make -j$(nproc)
 
diff --git a/deps/build.sh b/deps/build.sh
index 9ee0e0b8..55af6659 100755
--- a/deps/build.sh
+++ b/deps/build.sh
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ CXX_STANDARD=20
 export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
 export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fPIC"
 WITH_OPENSSL="yes"
+OPENSSL_GIT_REF="${OPENSSL_GIT_REF:-OpenSSL_1_1_1n}"
 
 WITH_BOOST="yes"
 WITH_ZLIB="yes"
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ then
 		fi
 
 		if [ -z "$ISA_NO" ];
-		then 
+		then
 			ISA_NO="-mno-avx512f -mno-adx -mno-fma"
 		fi
 	fi
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ then
 	export CONF_CROSSCOMPILING_OPTS_VPX=""
 	export CONF_CROSSCOMPILING_OPTS_X264=""
 	export CONF_CROSSCOMPILING_OPTS_FFMPEG=""
-	
+
 	if [ "$USE_LLVM" = "1" ];
 	then
 		export CC=$(which clang)
@@ -595,19 +596,19 @@ then
 	eval ./emsdk install latest
 	eval ./emsdk activate latest
 	source ./emsdk_env.sh
-	cd ..	
+	cd ..
 fi
 
 
 if [ "$WITH_BOOST" = "yes" ];
 then
 	echo -e "${COLOR_SEPARATOR}==================== ${COLOR_PROJECT_NAME}BOOST${COLOR_SEPARATOR} ========================================${COLOR_RESET}"
-	
+
 	# Define Boost libraries based on build mode
 	BOOST_LIBS_EMSCRIPTEN="program_options"
 	BOOST_LIBS_NORMAL="system thread filesystem regex atomic context"
 	BOOST_LIBS_SKALED="iostreams fiber log chrono date_time"
-	
+
 	# Build the full library list based on mode
 	if [[ "${WITH_EMSCRIPTEN}" -eq 1 ]]; then
 		BOOST_LIBS_TO_CHECK="$BOOST_LIBS_EMSCRIPTEN"
@@ -617,7 +618,7 @@ then
 			BOOST_LIBS_TO_CHECK="$BOOST_LIBS_TO_CHECK $BOOST_LIBS_SKALED"
 		fi
 	fi
-	
+
 	# Check if all required Boost libraries exist before skipping
 	BOOST_CHECK_FAILED=0
 	for lib in $BOOST_LIBS_TO_CHECK; do
@@ -626,7 +627,7 @@ then
 			break
 		fi
 	done
-	
+
 	if [ "$BOOST_CHECK_FAILED" = "1" ];
 	then
 		env_restore
@@ -650,7 +651,7 @@ then
 		fi
 		cd ${BOOST_NAME}
 		echo -e "${COLOR_INFO}configuring and building it${COLOR_DOTS}...${COLOR_RESET}"
-		
+
 		# Build BOOST_LIBRARIES string with commas for bootstrap.sh
 		if [[ "${WITH_EMSCRIPTEN}" -eq 1 ]];
 		then
@@ -662,7 +663,7 @@ then
 				BOOST_LIBRARIES="${BOOST_LIBRARIES},${BOOST_LIBS_SKALED// /,}"
 			fi
 		fi
-		
+
 		eval ./bootstrap.sh --prefix="$INSTALL_ROOT" --with-libraries="$BOOST_LIBRARIES"
 
 		if [ "$DEBUG" = "1" ]; then
@@ -718,7 +719,7 @@ then
 			echo -e "${COLOR_INFO}configuring it${COLOR_DOTS}...${COLOR_RESET}"
 			cd openssl
 			eval git fetch
-			eval git checkout OpenSSL_1_1_1n
+			git checkout --detach "$OPENSSL_GIT_REF"
 			if [[ "$ARCH" = "x86_or_x64" || "$ARCH" = "wasm32-emscripten" ]];
 			then
 				if [ "$UNIX_SYSTEM_NAME" = "Darwin" ];
@@ -929,12 +930,12 @@ if [ "$WITH_MCL" = "yes" ]; then
     if [ ! -f "$INSTALL_ROOT/lib/libmcl_sgx.a" ]; then
       echo -e "${COLOR_INFO}Building MCL for SGX...${COLOR_RESET}"
       cd "$SOURCES_ROOT/mcl"
-      
+
       # Clean previous build artifacts
       "$MAKE" clean || true
       rm -rf "${SGX_OBJ_DIR}" "${SGX_LIB_DIR}"
       mkdir -p "${SGX_OBJ_DIR}" "${SGX_LIB_DIR}"
-      
+
       "$MAKE" \
         DEBUG=0 \
         ARCH=x86_64 \
@@ -957,7 +958,7 @@ if [ "$WITH_MCL" = "yes" ]; then
 			-Wa,--noexecstack" \
 		${PARALLEL_MAKE_OPTIONS} \
 		"${SGX_LIB_DIR}/libmcl.a"
-      
+
       cp "${SGX_LIB_DIR}/libmcl.a" "$INSTALL_ROOT/lib/libmcl_sgx.a"
       cd "$SOURCES_ROOT"
     else
diff --git a/python/setup_t_encrypt.py b/python/setup_t_encrypt.py
index c20525e1..da5e425b 100755
--- a/python/setup_t_encrypt.py
+++ b/python/setup_t_encrypt.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import shutil
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py
+from setuptools.dist import Distribution
 
 # Configuration
 PACKAGE_NAME = 't_encrypt'
@@ -39,9 +40,14 @@ def run(self):
 
         super().run()
 
+
+class BinaryDistribution(Distribution):
+    def has_ext_modules(self):
+        return True
+
 setup(
     name='t-encrypt',
-    version='0.0.1',
+    version='0.0.2',
     description='Python bindings for SKALE Threshold Encryption',
     author='SKALE Network',
     packages=find_packages(),
@@ -52,6 +58,7 @@ def run(self):
     cmdclass={
         'build_py': CustomBuildPy,
     },
+    distclass=BinaryDistribution,
     classifiers=[
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux',