diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 0890ac06..00000000
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.0.5
-commit = False
-tag = False
-search = {current_version}
-
-[bumpversion:file:setup.cfg]
-
-[bumpversion:file:ansible_rulebook/__init__.py]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25fb1bae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+name: Release ansible-rulebook
+
+env:
+  LC_ALL: "C.UTF-8" # prevent ERROR: Ansible could not initialize the preferred locale: unsupported locale setting
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  stage:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 90
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout ansible-rulebook
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
+
+      - name: Get python version from Makefile
+        run: echo py_version=`make PYTHON_VERSION` >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Install python ${{ env.py_version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.py_version }}
+
+      - name: Install python deps
+        run: pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
+
+      - name: Create release
+        run: ansible-playbook tools/ansible/release.yml -i localhost -e github_token=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} -vvv
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 109059c7..19bd655c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -88,4 +88,7 @@ install: clean ## install the package to the active Python's site-packages
 	pip install .
 
 minimal-ee:
-	ansible-builder build -f ./minimal-decision-environment.yml -t minimal-de:latest
\ No newline at end of file
+	ansible-builder build -f ./minimal-decision-environment.yml -t minimal-de:latest
+
+PYTHON_VERSION:
+	@echo '3.9'
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90a27f9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0.5
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9329969a..8c42d3e1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,29 @@ profile = "black"
 combine_as_imports = true
 line_length = 79
 extend_skip = ["docs"]
+
+[tool.bumpver]
+current_version = "1.0.5"
+version_pattern = "MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH[PYTAGNUM]"
+commit_message = "chore: bump version {old_version} -> {new_version}"
+tag_message = "{new_version}"
+tag_scope = "default"
+pre_commit_hook = ""
+post_commit_hook = ""
+commit = true
+tag = true
+push = true
+
+[tool.bumpver.file_patterns]
+"pyproject.toml" = [
+    'current_version = "{version}"',
+]
+"ansible_rulebook/__init__.py" = [
+    '__version__ = "{version}"',
+]
+"setup.cfg" = [
+    'version = {version}',
+]
+"VERSION" = [
+'{version}'
+]
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index aaec948b..760e4939 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -r requirements_lint.txt
 -r docs/requirements.txt
 
-bump2version
+bumpver
 
 # Packaging / distribution
 twine
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_cli.py b/tests/unit/test_cli.py
index 5581154a..5baf62cc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_cli.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 def test_get_version():
     output = get_version()
     pattern = re.compile(
-        r"""\d+\.\d+\.\d+
+        r"""\d+\.\d+\.\d+(.*)
   Executable location = (.+)
   Drools_jpy version = \d+\.\d+\.\d+
   Java home = (.+)
diff --git a/tools/ansible/release.yml b/tools/ansible/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8466238b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ansible/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+---
+- name: Release ansible-rulebook
+  hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  gather_facts: true
+  vars:
+    repo_identifier: "ansible/ansible-rulebook"
+    api_repo_prefix: "https://api.github.com/repos/{{ repo_identifier }}"
+
+  # Note:
+  #    When this playbook runs it will run in the directory of the playbook so ../../ would be a reference to the ansible-rulebook root
+
+  tasks:
+
+    - name: Get the build number from VERSION file
+      shell: "cat VERSION"
+      args:
+        chdir: '../../'
+      register: version_file
+
+    - set_fact:
+       release_number: "{{ version_file.stdout }}"
+
+    - name: Build ansible-rulebook
+      command:
+        cmd: make dist
+      args:
+        chdir: '../../'
+      tags:
+        - build
+
+    - name: Create release in github
+      uri:
+        url: "{{ api_repo_prefix }}/releases"
+        method: POST
+        body_format: json
+        body:
+          tag_name: "{{ release_number }}"
+          name: "v{{ release_number }}"
+          draft: False
+          generate_release_notes: True
+        status_code:
+          - 201
+        headers:
+          Accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json'
+          Authorization: 'bearer {{ github_token }}'
+      register: new_release_response
+      tags:
+        - github
+
+    - name: Upload the build files
+      uri:
+        # For some reason the upload_url ends with ansible-rulebook/releases/138751035/assets{?name,label}
+        # We have to strip that off before adding our args to the URLs
+        url: "{{ new_release_response.json['upload_url'] | regex_replace('{.*}', '') }}?name={{ file_name }}"
+        method: POST
+        src: "{{ item }}"
+        status_code:
+          - 201
+        headers:
+          Accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json'
+          Authorization: 'bearer {{ github_token }}'
+          Content-Type: "{{ file_name.endswith('tar.gz') | ternary('application/gzip', 'application/x-wheel+zip') }}"
+      vars:
+        file_name: "{{ item | basename }}"
+      loop: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.fileglob', '../../dist/*', wantlist=True) }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item | basename }}"
+      tags:
+        - github