diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
index 2026439..bae8377 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-# workflow for re-running publishing to PyPI in case it fails for some reason
-# you can run this workflow by navigating to https://www.github.com/warpdotdev/oz-sdk-python/actions/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+# This workflow is triggered when a GitHub release is created.
+# It can also be run manually to re-publish to PyPI in case it failed for some reason.
+# You can run this workflow by navigating to https://www.github.com/warpdotdev/oz-sdk-python/actions/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
 name: Publish PyPI
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
 jobs:
   publish:
     name: publish
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba31d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Release Please
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    if: github.repository == 'warpdotdev/oz-sdk-python'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@5c625bfb5d1ff62eadeeb3772007f7f66fdcf071 # v4.4.1
+        id: release
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 8187d51..14a8efa 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "include-v-in-tag": true,
   "include-component-in-tag": false,
   "versioning": "prerelease",
-  "prerelease": true,
+  "prerelease": false,
   "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
   "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
   "pull-request-header": "Automated Release PR",