diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 802a707..ef234e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: Release
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -10,14 +11,18 @@ on:
         description: Release version (e.g., 1.2.3)
         required: true
         type: string
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+    branches:
+      - main
 
 jobs:
-  release:
+  create-release-pr:
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: release
     permissions:
-      id-token: write
       contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -35,6 +40,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+      - name: Create release branch
+        run: |
+          git checkout -b release/${{ inputs.version }}
       - name: Build Changelog
         run: uv run towncrier build --yes --version ${{ inputs.version }}
       - name: Commit Changelog
@@ -42,11 +50,50 @@ jobs:
           git add CHANGELOG.md
           git add news/ || true
           git commit -m "Release ${{ inputs.version }}"
+      - name: Push release branch
+        run: git push origin release/${{ inputs.version }}
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          gh pr create \
+            --base main \
+            --head release/${{ inputs.version }} \
+            --title "Release ${{ inputs.version }}" \
+            --body "This PR contains the changelog for version ${{ inputs.version }}.
+
+          Once merged, a tag \`v${{ inputs.version }}\` will be automatically created and a GitHub release will be published."
+  create-tag-and-release:
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.merged == true && startsWith(github.head_ref, 'release/') && github.event.pull_request.user.login
+      == 'github-actions[bot]'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version-file: .python-version
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+        with:
+          version-file: pyproject.toml
+      - name: Extract version from branch name
+        id: extract_version
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ github.head_ref }}"
+          VERSION="${VERSION#release/}"
+          echo "version=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Create and Push Tag
         run: |
-          git tag -a "v${{ inputs.version }}" -m "Version ${{ inputs.version }}"
-          git push origin HEAD:${{ github.ref_name }}
-          git push origin "v${{ inputs.version }}"
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git tag "v${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}"
+          git push origin "v${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}"
       - name: Create wheel
         run: uv build -o dist/ .
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI