diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 3ee2e27..1686717 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 require 'rake/testtask'
 require 'rake/extensiontask'
+require 'rake/release'
 
 Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
   t.verbose = true
diff --git a/ruzzy.gemspec b/ruzzy.gemspec
index 6c1067c..bcd0554 100644
--- a/ruzzy.gemspec
+++ b/ruzzy.gemspec
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake-compiler', '~> 1.2'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rake-release', '~> 1.3'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.60'
 end