diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c596ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  Release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Wait for lint and tests to succeed
+        uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@v0.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
+          check-name: 'LintAndTest'
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          wait-interval: 10
+      - name: Checkout Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Validate tag version
+        run: |
+          version=$(cat package/version.txt)        # get cloudshell-iac-terraform version
+          tag=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}           # get tag name
+          tag="${tag:1}"                            # remove the 'v' prefix from the tag that triggered this action
+          echo $version
+          echo $tag
+          if [ "$tag" == "$version" ]
+          then
+            echo "Tag and version are equal"
+          else
+            echo "Error: Tag and version are not equal, cannot create a release"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.7'
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          if [ -f package/requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r package/requirements.txt; fi
+          pip install setuptools wheel twine
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          cd package
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+
+      - name: Create Release and Upload Artifacts
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: dist/*
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Publish to Pypi
+        env:
+          TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+        run: |
+          twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/package/setup.py b/package/setup.py
index 352aef7c..680d45d3 100644
--- a/package/setup.py
+++ b/package/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     include_package_data=True,
     keywords="sandbox cloud IaC cloudshell terraform",
     classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     ],
diff --git a/package/version.txt b/package/version.txt
index 6c6aa7cb..afaf360d 100644
--- a/package/version.txt
+++ b/package/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shells/backends/azure_tf_backend/shell-definition.yaml b/shells/backends/azure_tf_backend/shell-definition.yaml
index 39fac7e0..a9e496de 100644
--- a/shells/backends/azure_tf_backend/shell-definition.yaml
+++ b/shells/backends/azure_tf_backend/shell-definition.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_yaml_1_0
 metadata:
   template_name: Azure Tf Backend
   template_author: Anonymous
-  template_version: 0.1.0
+  template_version: 1.0.0
   template_icon: shell-icon.png
 
 description: >
diff --git a/shells/generic_terraform_service/src/requirements.txt b/shells/generic_terraform_service/src/requirements.txt
index ccb36372..dd6d4b1b 100644
--- a/shells/generic_terraform_service/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/shells/generic_terraform_service/src/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-cloudshell-iac-terraform==0.1.0
-cloudshell-shell-core == 5.0.5
\ No newline at end of file
+cloudshell-iac-terraform==1.0.0
+cloudshell-shell-core==5.0.5
\ No newline at end of file