diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index e4d2524..ce303f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -34,28 +34,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pytest -v
 
-  test-examples:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
-          token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Run examples
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
-          make
-          pip install -e .
-
           synapse-sim --iface-ip 127.0.0.1 --rpc-port 50051 &
 
           sleep 5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d3bf99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+name: release-please
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_AT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..133e2d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+name: main
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+
+jobs:
+  sdist:
+    name: Build source distribution
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: "recursive"
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - name: Prep repo
+        run: |
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          make
+      - name: Build sdist
+        run: python -m build --sdist
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: sdist
+          path: dist/*.tar.gz
+
+  publish-testpypi:
+    name: Publish to testpypi
+    needs: [sdist]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: testpypi
+      url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: sdist
+          path: dist
+
+      - name: List files
+        run: ls -la dist/
+
+      - name: Publish package distributions to testpypi
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+          verbose: true
+
+  validate-test-pypi-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: publish-testpypi
+    steps:
+      - name: wait for package to be available
+        run: sleep 30
+
+      - name: install test pypi release
+        run: |
+          # Get version from GitHub ref (removes 'refs/tags/v' prefix)
+          VERSION=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}
+          pip install --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ science-synapse==$VERSION
+
+      - name: validate
+        run: |
+          # Run Help
+          synapsectl --help
+
+          # Run Simulator
+          synapse-sim --iface-ip 127.0.0.1 --rpc-port 50051 &
+          sleep 2
+
+          synapsectl -u 127.0.0.1:50051 info
+
+          # Kill Simulator
+          kill $(jobs -p)
+
+  publish-pypi:
+    name: Publish to pypi
+    needs: [validate-test-pypi-release]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url:  https://pypi.org/p/science-synapse/
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: sdist
+          path: dist
+
+      - name: Publish package distributions to pypi
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          verbose: true
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d7e5f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "1.0.1"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38b2b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "packages": { ".": { "release-type": "python" } },
+  "bootstrap-sha": "4d93567a0c5c6d48d2a7ce3a69e89fbf6395eb81",
+  "always-update": true
+}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 16b4738..b6296d5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="science-synapse",
-    version="2.2.1",
+    version="2.2.4",
     description="Client library and CLI for the Synapse API",
     author="Science Team",
     author_email="team@science.xyz",