diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f910c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: daily
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "[gomod] "
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: daily
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "[gh-actions] "
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_release.yml b/.github/workflows/create_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fcd056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/create_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+name: Upload release assets after tagging
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: create assets
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.23.1
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Run GoReleaser
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        with:
+          version: latest
+          args: release --clean
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yml b/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yml
index 4908949..2da9e16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yml
@@ -12,30 +12,26 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Install Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: 1.21.x
+        go-version: 1.23.x
     - name: golangci-lint
-      uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+      uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
       with:
-          version: v1.52.2
-    - name: Run linters
-      run: |
-        export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin
-        ./pre-commit
+          version: latest
 
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        goversion: ["1.15", "1.16", "1.17", "1.18", "1.19", "1.20", "1.21"]
+        goversion: ["1.20", "1.21", "1.22", "1.23"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.goversion }}
       - name: Run tests
@@ -47,21 +43,21 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        buildversion: ["1.15", "1.16", "1.17", "1.18", "1.19", "1.20", "1.21"]
-        testversion: ["1.15", "1.16", "1.17", "1.18", "1.19", "1.20", "1.21"]
+        buildversion: ["1.20", "1.21", "1.22", "1.23"]
+        testversion: ["1.20", "1.21", "1.22", "1.23"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install Go to build artifact
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.buildversion }}
       - name: Build artifact for inttest
         run: |
           go version
-          GO111MODULE=on make build-linux
+          make build-linux
       - name: Install Go for inttest
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.testversion }}
       - name: Integration test
@@ -69,24 +65,3 @@ jobs:
           go version
           make inttest
 
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [lint, test, inttest]
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.21.x
-      - name: build
-        run: |
-          go version
-          make build-linux
-          make build-windows
-          make build-darwin
-      - name: upload artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
-        with:
-          name: bin
-          path: bin/
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b55599e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+version: 2
+before:
+  hooks:
+    - go mod tidy
+builds:
+  - env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    dir: .
+    goos:
+      - linux
+      - darwin
+      - windows
+      - freebsd
+      - openbsd
+    goarch:
+      - amd64
+      - arm
+      - arm64
+    goarm:
+      - 6
+      - 7
+    ignore:
+      - goos: darwin
+        goarch: arm
+      - goos: openbsd
+        goarch: arm64
+      - goos: windows
+        goarch: arm
+archives:
+  - files:
+      - README.md
+      - LICENSE
+      - CHANGELOG.md
+    format_overrides:
+      - goos: windows
+        format: zip
+checksum:
+  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
+snapshot:
+  version_template: "{{ incpatch .Version }}-next"
+changelog:
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    exclude:
+      - '^docs:'
+      - '^test:'
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 79cd588..8ef63fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # changelog for gcov2lcov
 
+## 1.1.0 [2024-10-11]
+
+* use gorealser for builds and provide additional versions
+* dependency upgrades
+
 ## 1.0.6 [2023-08-18]
 
 * performance otimizations (thanks to zzh8829, #16)