diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 8fdbad0..bd18168 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,25 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    container: ghcr.io/miracum/ig-build-tools:v2.1.6@sha256:26bc1eaf0a259e8c16d0eeeb8622c7aecaa45d41e39f158696f9aec90b142596
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+      - name: build ig
+        working-directory: PseudonymizationIG/
+        run: |
+          java -jar /usr/local/bin/publisher.jar -ig ig.ini
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@56afc609e74202658d3ffba0e8f6dda462b719fa # v3.0.1
+        with:
+          path: "PseudonymizationIG/output"
+
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+    needs:
+      - build
     environment:
       name: github-pages
       url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
@@ -28,18 +45,8 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     container: ghcr.io/miracum/ig-build-tools:v2.1.6@sha256:26bc1eaf0a259e8c16d0eeeb8622c7aecaa45d41e39f158696f9aec90b142596
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
       - name: Setup Pages
         uses: actions/configure-pages@983d7736d9b0ae728b81ab479565c72886d7745b # v5.0.0
-      - name: build ig
-        working-directory: PseudonymizationIG/
-        run: |
-          java -jar /usr/local/bin/publisher.jar -ig ig.ini
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@56afc609e74202658d3ffba0e8f6dda462b719fa # v3.0.1
-        with:
-          path: "PseudonymizationIG/output"
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
         uses: actions/deploy-pages@d6db90164ac5ed86f2b6aed7e0febac5b3c0c03e # v4.0.5
-        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1fd5dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+name: release-please
+
+permissions: read-all
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@7987652d64b4581673a76e33ad5e98e3dd56832f # v4.1.3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          release-type: simple
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..466df71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "0.1.0"
+}
diff --git a/renovate.json b/.renovaterc.json
similarity index 61%
rename from renovate.json
rename to .renovaterc.json
index 5db72dd..22a9943 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/.renovaterc.json
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-  "extends": [
-    "config:recommended"
-  ]
+  "extends": ["config:recommended"]
 }
diff --git a/PseudonymizationIG/sushi-config.yaml b/PseudonymizationIG/sushi-config.yaml
index cae3527..833ac2e 100644
--- a/PseudonymizationIG/sushi-config.yaml
+++ b/PseudonymizationIG/sushi-config.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ name: PseudonymizationIG
 # title: Example Title
 # description: Example Implementation Guide for getting started with SUSHI
 status: draft # draft | active | retired | unknown
-version: 0.1.0
+version: 0.1.0 # x-release-please-version
 fhirVersion: 4.0.1 # https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-FHIR-version.html
 copyrightYear: 2024+
 releaseLabel: ci-build
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ecca9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "include-v-in-tag": true,
+  "separate-pull-requests": true,
+  "extra-label": "release-please",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "simple"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e8bf73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.1.0