diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccd6a7be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: Publish packages to PyPI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+.post[0-9]+"
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+[a-b][0-9]+"
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+rc[0-9]+"
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.x
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: pip install build
+    - name: Create packages
+      run: python -m build .
+    - name: Store package artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: dist
+        path: dist
+
+  publish:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+    - name: Retrieve package artifacts
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+    - name: Upload packages
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/RELEASE.rst b/RELEASE.rst
index ad944a11..e2772206 100644
--- a/RELEASE.rst
+++ b/RELEASE.rst
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ and a `source distribution <https://packaging.python.org/guides/distributing-pac
    the git log, but you might add some more long form notes for big changes.
 
 #. Replace the ``devN`` version number w/ the new version number (see
-   note above in `Versioning`_). Make sure version number is updated in
+   note above in `Versioning`_) in
    ``motor/_version.py``. Commit the change and tag the release.
    Immediately bump the version number to ``dev0`` in a new commit::
 
@@ -45,32 +45,18 @@ and a `source distribution <https://packaging.python.org/guides/distributing-pac
      $ git push
      $ git push --tags
 
-#. Build the release packages by running the ``release.sh``
-   script on macOS::
+#. Bump the version number to ``<next version>.dev0`` in ``motor/_version.py``,
+   commit, then push.
 
-     $ git clone git@github.com:mongodb/motor.git
-     $ cd motor
-     $ git checkout "<release version number>"
-     $ ./release.sh
-
-   This will create the following distributions::
-
-     $ ls dist
-     motor-<version>.tar.gz
-     motor-<version>-py3-none-any.whl
-
-#. Upload all the release packages to PyPI with twine::
-
-     $ python3 -m twine upload dist/*
+#. Authorize the deployment for the tagged version on the release GitHub Action and
+   wait for it to successfully publish to PyPI.
 
 #. Make sure the new version appears on https://motor.readthedocs.io/. If the
    new version does not show up automatically, trigger a rebuild of "latest":
    https://readthedocs.org/projects/motor/builds/
 
-#. Bump the version number to <next version>.dev0 in motor/_version.py,
-   commit, push.
-
-#. Publish the release version in Jira.
+#. Publish the release version in Jira and add a brief description about the reason
+   for the release or the main feature.
 
 #. Announce the release on:
    https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/c/announcements/driver-releases