diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f65fb37..d6cec4c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: 2.1
 executors:
   ubuntu_vm:
     machine:
-      image: ubuntu-2004:202201-02
+      image: ubuntu-2004:current
 
 jobs:
   run_starlark:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a425461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+name: release-please
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    name: "Release please"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.repository == 'kurtosis-tech/postgres-package'
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@d1a8f221d7723166f48a584aebba00ef3f6febec # v4.1.4
+        with:
+          token: "${{ secrets.RELEASER_TOKEN }}"
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..392430e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    ".": "0.0.1"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be5967e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+    "release-type": "simple",
+    "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+    "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+    "include-v-in-tag": false,
+    "include-component-in-tag": false,
+    "packages": {
+        ".": {
+            "package-name": "postgres-package"
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a9ecc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.0.1
\ No newline at end of file