diff --git a/.release-plz.toml b/.release-plz.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f92ab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-plz.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[workspace]
+allow_dirty = true # allow updating repositories with uncommitted changes
+changelog_config = "cliff.toml"
+# dependencies_update = true # update dependencies with `cargo update`
+pr_labels = ["release"] # add the `release` label to the release Pull Request
+publish_allow_dirty = true # add `--allow-dirty` to `cargo publish`
+semver_check = false # disable API breaking changes checks
+publish_timeout = "10m" # set a timeout for `cargo publish`
+# release_commits = "^feat:" # prepare release only if at least one commit matches a regex
+
+[changelog]
+protect_breaking_commits = true # always include commits with breaking changes in the changelog
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 539c1a7..bd19177 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1083,9 +1083,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon"
-version = "1.8.1"
+version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fa7237101a77a10773db45d62004a272517633fbcc3df19d96455ede1122e051"
+checksum = "e4963ed1bc86e4f3ee217022bd855b297cef07fb9eac5dfa1f788b220b49b3bd"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
  "rayon-core",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8bd0fa5..0d3ea05 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ required-features = ["image"]
 image = { version = "0.25", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 # transitive dependencies
-rayon = { version = ">=1.1", optional = true }
+rayon = { version = ">=1.9.0", optional = true }
 cfg-if = { version = ">=0.1.2", optional = true }
 
 [features]