diff --git a/src/common/main.lua b/src/common/main.lua
index 38a30bd..33765a2 100644
--- a/src/common/main.lua
+++ b/src/common/main.lua
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ function ant.init()
 		Records = "Records",
 		State = "State",
 		Evolve = "Evolve",
+		-- IO Network Contract Handlers
+		ReleaseName = "Release-Name",
 	}
 
 	local TokenSpecActionMap = {
@@ -450,6 +452,37 @@ function ant.init()
 			SourceCodeTxId = srcCodeTxId
 		end
 	)
+
+	-- IO Network Contract Handlers
+	Handlers.add(camel(ActionMap.ReleaseName), utils.hasMatchingTag("Action", ActionMap.ReleaseName), function(msg)
+		local assertHasPermission, permissionErr = pcall(utils.validateOwner, msg.From)
+		if assertHasPermission == false then
+			return ao.send({
+				Target = msg.From,
+				Action = "Invalid-Release-Name-Notice",
+				Data = permissionErr,
+				Error = "Release-Name-Error",
+			})
+		end
+
+		local name = string.lower(msg.Tags["Name"])
+		local ioProcess = msg.Tags["IO-Process-Id"]
+
+		-- send the release message to the provided IO Process Id
+		ao.send({
+			Target = ioProcess,
+			Action = "Release-Name-Notice",
+			Initiator = msg.From,
+			Name = name,
+		})
+
+		ao.send({
+			Target = msg.From,
+			Action = "Release-Name-Notice",
+			Initiator = msg.From,
+			Name = name,
+		})
+	end)
 end
 
 return ant
diff --git a/test/info.test.mjs b/test/info.test.mjs
index 678b8a8..1942912 100644
--- a/test/info.test.mjs
+++ b/test/info.test.mjs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ describe('aos Info', async () => {
       'setTicker',
       'initializeState',
       'state',
+      'releaseName',
     ]);
   });
 
diff --git a/test/io.test.mjs b/test/io.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d0ed1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/io.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import { createAntAosLoader } from './utils.mjs';
+import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import {
+  AO_LOADER_HANDLER_ENV,
+  DEFAULT_HANDLE_OPTIONS,
+  STUB_ADDRESS,
+} from '../tools/constants.mjs';
+
+describe('IO Network Updates', async () => {
+  const { handle: originalHandle, memory: startMemory } =
+    await createAntAosLoader();
+
+  async function handle(options = {}, mem = startMemory) {
+    return originalHandle(
+      mem,
+      {
+        ...DEFAULT_HANDLE_OPTIONS,
+        ...options,
+      },
+      AO_LOADER_HANDLER_ENV,
+    );
+  }
+
+  it('should send update to io network when a name is released', async () => {
+    const result = await handle({
+      Tags: [
+        { name: 'Action', value: 'Release-Name' },
+        { name: 'IO-Process-Id', value: 'io-process-id-'.padEnd(43, '1') },
+        { name: 'Name', value: 'name' },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    // two messages should be sent - one to the io process and one to the sender
+    assert(result.Messages?.length === 2, 'Expected two messages');
+
+    const message = result.Messages[0]?.Tags?.find(
+      (tag) => tag.name === 'Action' && tag.value === 'Release-Name-Notice',
+    );
+    assert(message, 'Release-Name-Notice message not found');
+
+    // ensure a message Target is the IO process id provided and the other is to the sender and both contain the initiator, name and process id
+    assert(
+      result.Messages.some(
+        (msg) =>
+          msg.Target === 'io-process-id-'.padEnd(43, '1') &&
+          msg.Tags.find(
+            (tag) => tag.name === 'Initiator' && tag.value === STUB_ADDRESS,
+          ) &&
+          msg.Tags.find((tag) => tag.name === 'Name' && tag.value === 'name') &&
+          msg.Tags.find(
+            (tag) =>
+              tag.name === 'Action' && tag.value === 'Release-Name-Notice',
+          ),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    assert(
+      result.Messages.some(
+        (msg) =>
+          msg.Target === STUB_ADDRESS &&
+          msg.Tags.find(
+            (tag) => tag.name === 'Initiator' && tag.value === STUB_ADDRESS,
+          ) &&
+          msg.Tags.find((tag) => tag.name === 'Name' && tag.value === 'name') &&
+          msg.Tags.find(
+            (tag) =>
+              tag.name === 'Action' && tag.value === 'Release-Name-Notice',
+          ),
+      ),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should send a release-name-error-notice if the sender is not the owner', async () => {
+    const result = await handle({
+      Tags: [
+        { name: 'Action', value: 'Release-Name' },
+        { name: 'IO-Process-Id', value: 'io-process-id' },
+        { name: 'Name', value: 'name' },
+      ],
+      From: 'not-owner',
+      Owner: 'not-owner',
+    });
+
+    // assert no other messages
+    assert(result.Messages?.length === 1, 'Expected only one message');
+
+    const error = result.Messages[0]?.Tags.find(
+      (tag) => tag.name === 'Error' && tag.value === 'Release-Name-Error',
+    );
+    assert(error, 'Release-Name-Error message not found');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tools/constants.mjs b/tools/constants.mjs
index 3388084..74eb6d3 100644
--- a/tools/constants.mjs
+++ b/tools/constants.mjs
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 
-const STUB_ADDRESS = ''.padEnd(43, '1');
+const STUB_PROCESS_ID = 'process-id-'.padEnd(43, '1');
+const STUB_ADDRESS = 'arweave-address-'.padEnd(43, '1');
 /* ao READ-ONLY Env Variables */
 const AO_LOADER_HANDLER_ENV = {
   Process: {
-    Id: ''.padEnd(43, '1'),
+    Id: STUB_PROCESS_ID,
     Owner: STUB_ADDRESS,
     Tags: [
       { name: 'Authority', value: 'XXXXXX' },
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ export {
   AO_LOADER_OPTIONS,
   AO_LOADER_HANDLER_ENV,
   STUB_ADDRESS,
+  STUB_PROCESS_ID,
   DEFAULT_HANDLE_OPTIONS,
   ANT_EVAL_OPTIONS,
 };