diff --git a/.github/workflows/publishing.yml b/.github/workflows/publishing.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7e9678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publishing.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+name: release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: # regex for version tags according to python's pep 0440 std version convention https://peps.python.org/pep-0440/#version-specifiers
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+a[0-9]+"
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+b[0-9]+"
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+rc[0-9]+"
+
+env:
+  PACKAGE_NAME: "spicecode"
+  OWNER: "spicecodecli"
+
+jobs:
+  details:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      new_version: ${{ steps.release.outputs.new_version }}
+      suffix: ${{ steps.release.outputs.suffix }}
+      tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Extract tag and Details
+        id: release
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ github.ref_type }}" = "tag" ]; then
+            TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+            NEW_VERSION=$(echo $TAG_NAME | awk -F'-' '{print $1}')
+            SUFFIX=$(echo $TAG_NAME | grep -oP '[a-z]+[0-9]+' || echo "")
+            echo "new_version=$NEW_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "suffix=$SUFFIX" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "tag_name=$TAG_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "Version is $NEW_VERSION"
+            echo "Suffix is $SUFFIX"
+            echo "Tag name is $TAG_NAME"
+          else
+            echo "No tag found"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+  check_pypi:
+    needs: details
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Fetch information from PyPI
+        run: |
+          response=$(curl -s https://pypi.org/pypi/${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}/json || echo "{}")
+          latest_previous_version=$(echo $response | jq --raw-output "select(.releases != null) | .releases | keys_unsorted | last")
+          if [ -z "$latest_previous_version" ]; then
+            echo "Package not found on PyPI."
+            latest_previous_version="0.0.0"
+          fi
+          echo "Latest version on PyPI: $latest_previous_version"
+          echo "latest_previous_version=$latest_previous_version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Compare versions and exit if not newer
+        run: |
+          NEW_VERSION=${{ needs.details.outputs.new_version }}
+          LATEST_VERSION=$latest_previous_version
+          if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$LATEST_VERSION" "$NEW_VERSION" | sort -rV | head -n 1)" != "$NEW_VERSION" ] || [ "$NEW_VERSION" == "$LATEST_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "The new version $NEW_VERSION is not greater than the latest version $LATEST_VERSION on PyPI."
+            exit 1
+          else
+            echo "The new version $NEW_VERSION is greater than the latest version $LATEST_VERSION on PyPI."
+          fi
+
+  setup_and_build:
+    needs: [details, check_pypi]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+
+      - name: Install build dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install wheel setuptools build
+
+      - name: Update version in setup.py
+        run: |
+          # Replace version in setup.py with the new version from tag
+          sed -i "s/version=\"[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\"/version=\"${{ needs.details.outputs.new_version }}\"/g" setup.py
+          cat setup.py
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Build source and wheel distribution
+        run: |
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist/
+
+  pypi_publish:
+    name: Upload release to PyPI
+    needs: [setup_and_build, details]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: publish
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+
+  github_release:
+    name: Create GitHub Release
+    needs: [setup_and_build, details]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        id: create_release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          gh release create ${{ needs.details.outputs.tag_name }} dist/* --title ${{ needs.details.outputs.tag_name }} --generate-notes
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 87bc1c5..749395e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="spicecode",
-    version="2.0.0", # 2.0.0 = N2
+    version="2.1.0", # 2.0.0 = N2
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["spicecode-venv", "spicecode.egg-info"]),
     install_requires=install_requires,
     entry_points={