diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3ebdbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Publish to PyPI
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build distributions
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+
+      - name: Build package
+        run: uv build
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist-artifacts
+          path: dist/
+
+  publish:
+    name: Publish to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/jump-image-datasets
+    steps:
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist-artifacts
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: Publish package
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81d7a65..86e7a97 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 ## Install
 
+### Install from PyPI
+
+```bash
+pip install jump-image-datasets
+```
+
+Install from PyPI for stable, versioned releases.
+
 ### Local development with uv
 
 ```bash
@@ -23,7 +31,7 @@ uv pip install -e .
 pip install "git+https://github.com/WayScience/jump_image_data_downloader.git"
 ```
 
-This installs the package directly from the latest code, rather than from a PyPI release.
+Install from GitHub if you want the latest unreleased changes.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 94021be..cd92df0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=68", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=68", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=8", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "jump-image-datasets"
-version = "0.1.0"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "Download and access JUMP image datasets and metadata."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ where = ["src"]
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 "jump_image_datasets.jump_pilot" = ["data/*.parquet"]
 
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+tag_regex = "^(?:v)?(?P<version>\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+.*)$"
+
 [dependency-groups]
 notebook = [
   "jupyter>=1.1.1",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index f74b56c..3ee5a71 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1057,7 +1057,6 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jump-image-datasets"
-version = "0.1.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "pandas", version = "2.3.3", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },