diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9507d2bd6..26bdb7e00 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ export LIBRARY_PATH:=$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
 export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH:=$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
 export GO111MODULE:=on
 PKGNAME=harmony
-VERSION?=2.3.5
+VERSION?=2.3.6
 RPMBUILD=$(HOME)/rpmbuild
 DEBBUILD=$(HOME)/debbuild
 SHELL := bash
 
-.PHONY: all help libs exe race trace-pointer debug debug-kill test test-go test-api test-api-attach linux_static deb rpm_init rpm_build rpm
+.PHONY: all help libs exe race trace-pointer debug debug-kill test test-go test-api test-api-attach linux_static deb_init deb_build deb debpub_dev debpub_prod rpm_init rpm_build rpm rpmpub_dev rpmpub_prod
 
 all: libs
 	bash ./scripts/go_executable_build.sh -S
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "linux_static - static build the harmony binary & bootnode along with the MCL & BLS libs (for linux)"
 	@echo "arm_static - static build the harmony binary & bootnode on ARM64 platform"
 	@echo "rpm - build a harmony RPM pacakge"
-	@echo "deb - build a harmony Debian pacakge (todo)"
+	@echo "deb - build a harmony Debian pacakge"
 
 libs:
 	make -C $(TOP)/mcl -j8
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ deb_build:
 
 deb: deb_init deb_build
 
+debpub_dev: deb
+	cp scripts/package/deb/dev.aptly.conf ~/.aptly.conf
+	./scripts/package/publish-repo.sh -p dev -n deb -s $(DEBBUILD)
+
+debpub_prod: deb
+	cp scripts/package/deb/prod.aptly.conf ~/.aptly.conf
+	./scripts/package/publish-repo.sh -p prod -n deb -s $(DEBBUILD)
+
 rpm_init:
 	rm -rf $(RPMBUILD)
 	mkdir -p $(RPMBUILD)/{SOURCES,SPECS,BUILD,RPMS,BUILDROOT,SRPMS}
@@ -125,7 +133,7 @@ rpm: rpm_init rpm_build
 	rpm --addsign $(RPMBUILD)/RPMS/x86_64/$(PKGNAME)-$(VERSION)-0.x86_64.rpm
 
 rpmpub_dev: rpm
-	./scripts/package/publish-repo.sh -p dev -t rpm -s $(RPMBUILD)
+	./scripts/package/publish-repo.sh -p dev -n rpm -s $(RPMBUILD)
 
 rpmpub_prod: rpm
-	./scripts/package/publish-repo.sh -p prod -t rpm -s $(RPMBUILD)
+	./scripts/package/publish-repo.sh -p prod -n rpm -s $(RPMBUILD)
diff --git a/scripts/package/deb/build.sh b/scripts/package/deb/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e81795c53..000000000
--- a/scripts/package/deb/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ $# != 1 ]; then
-   echo "$0 version"
-   exit
-fi
-
-VERSION=$1
-
-fpm -s dir -t deb -n harmony -p harmony_VERSION_ARCH.deb -C harmony-${VERSION} \
- -v "$VERSION" \
- --license "MIT" \
- --vendor "Harmony Blockchain" \
- --category "net" \
- --no-depends \
- --no-auto-depends \
- --directories /etc/harmony \
- --directories /data/harmony \
- --architecture x86_64 \
- --maintainer "Leo Chen <leo@harmony.one>" \
- --description "Harmony is a sharded, fast finality, low fee, PoS public blockchain.\nThis package contains the validator node program for harmony blockchain." \
- --url "https://harmony.one" \
- --before-install scripts/preinst \
- --after-install scripts/postinst \
- --before-remove scripts/prerm \
- --after-remove scripts/postrm \
- --before-upgrade scripts/preup \
- --after-upgrade scripts/postup \
- --deb-changelog scripts/changelog \
- --deb-systemd-restart-after-upgrade
diff --git a/scripts/package/deb/dev.aptly.conf b/scripts/package/deb/dev.aptly.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74493c6e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/package/deb/dev.aptly.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "rootDir": "/tmp/.aptly",
+  "downloadConcurrency": 4,
+  "downloadSpeedLimit": 0,
+  "architectures": [],
+  "dependencyFollowSuggests": false,
+  "dependencyFollowRecommends": false,
+  "dependencyFollowAllVariants": false,
+  "dependencyFollowSource": false,
+  "dependencyVerboseResolve": false,
+  "gpgDisableSign": false,
+  "gpgDisableVerify": false,
+  "gpgProvider": "gpg",
+  "downloadSourcePackages": false,
+  "skipLegacyPool": true,
+  "ppaDistributorID": "ubuntu",
+  "ppaCodename": "",
+  "FileSystemPublishEndpoints": {
+    "harmony-dev": {
+      "rootDir": "/tmp/repo",
+      "linkMethod": "copy",
+      "verifyMethod": "md5"
+    }
+  },
+  "S3PublishEndpoints": {
+    "harmony-dev": {
+      "region": "us-east-1",
+      "bucket": "haochen-harmony-pub",
+      "endpoint": "",
+      "awsAccessKeyID": "",
+      "awsSecretAccessKey": "",
+      "prefix": "pub/repo",
+      "acl": "public-read",
+      "storageClass": "",
+      "encryptionMethod": "",
+      "plusWorkaround": false,
+      "disableMultiDel": false,
+      "forceSigV2": false,
+      "debug": false
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/package/deb/prod.aptly.conf b/scripts/package/deb/prod.aptly.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f58394bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/package/deb/prod.aptly.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "rootDir": "/tmp/.aptly",
+  "downloadConcurrency": 4,
+  "downloadSpeedLimit": 0,
+  "architectures": [],
+  "dependencyFollowSuggests": false,
+  "dependencyFollowRecommends": false,
+  "dependencyFollowAllVariants": false,
+  "dependencyFollowSource": false,
+  "dependencyVerboseResolve": false,
+  "gpgDisableSign": false,
+  "gpgDisableVerify": false,
+  "gpgProvider": "gpg",
+  "downloadSourcePackages": false,
+  "skipLegacyPool": true,
+  "ppaDistributorID": "ubuntu",
+  "ppaCodename": "",
+  "FileSystemPublishEndpoints": {
+    "harmony-prod": {
+      "rootDir": "/tmp/repo",
+      "linkMethod": "copy",
+      "verifyMethod": "md5"
+    }
+  },
+  "S3PublishEndpoints": {
+    "harmony-prod": {
+      "region": "us-west-1",
+      "bucket": "pub.harmony.one",
+      "endpoint": "",
+      "awsAccessKeyID": "",
+      "awsSecretAccessKey": "",
+      "prefix": "release/package/apt",
+      "acl": "public-read",
+      "storageClass": "",
+      "encryptionMethod": "",
+      "plusWorkaround": false,
+      "disableMultiDel": false,
+      "forceSigV2": false,
+      "debug": false
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/package/publish-repo.sh b/scripts/package/publish-repo.sh
index b93af4731..795894d3b 100755
--- a/scripts/package/publish-repo.sh
+++ b/scripts/package/publish-repo.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,16 @@ function publish_rpm() {
 }
 
 function publish_deb() {
-   :
+   if aptly repo show harmony-$PROFILE > /dev/null; then
+      aptly repo add harmony-$PROFILE $SRC
+      aptly publish update bionic s3:harmony-$PROFILE:
+   else
+      aptly repo create -distribution=bionic -component=main harmony-$PROFILE
+      aptly repo add harmony-$PROFILE $SRC
+      aptly publish repo harmony-$PROFILE s3:harmony-$PROFILE:
+   fi
+   # remove the local repo
+   aptly repo drop harmony-$PROFILE
 }
 
 ################## MAIN ##################